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英['fɔːmə(r)] 美['fɔːrmər]

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adj. (形容词)

n. (名词)

adj. (形容词)

Noun:

the first of two or the first mentioned of two;
"Tom and Dick were both heroes but only the former is remembered today"

Adjective:

referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned (or the earlier one or ones of several);
"the novel was made into a film in 1943 and again in 1967; I prefer the former version to the latter one"
belonging to some prior time;
"erstwhile friend"
"our former glory"
"the once capital of the state"
"her quondam lover"
(used especially of persons) of the immediate past;
"the former president"
"our late President is still very active"
"the previous occupant of the White House"
belonging to the distant past;
"the early inhabitants of Europe"
"former generations"
"in other times"

1. The unemployed executives include former sales managers, directors and accountants.: 被解雇的管理人员包括前销售经理、主管和会计。

2. A former associate of Mr. Pierce's was among the project's boosters.: 皮尔斯先生的一个前合伙人是这个计划的热心支持者之一。

4. The airline plans to auction its international routes to former competitors.: 这家航空公司打算把他们的国际线路拍卖给以前的竞争对手。

5. One former director embezzled $34 million in company funds.: 一名前主管挪用了3,400万美元的公司资金。

用作形容词 (adj.)

Of these two men, the former is dead but the latter is still alive.
这两个人中，前者已死，而后者仍然活着。
Mr. Heath is the former Prime Minister of Britain.
希思先生是英国前任首相。
I paid a visit to my former English teacher.
我拜访了我以前的英语老师。
Many of his former supporters voted against him.
他以前的许多支持者投票反对他。

用作名词 (n.)

用作形容词 (adj.)

the former表示“前者”，the latter表示“后者”，两者相对，只可用于两个人或物之间；
former Mayor表示“前任市长”，而former Ambassador表示“前任大使”，这种former的用法多见于美国，英国人习惯用ex-来表示“前任的”。

previous，foregoing，preceding，prior，former: 这些形容词均可表示“在前的”之意。

previous指时间上、顺序上较早的，或指正在谈论的某事的前一个。

foregoing指前所述的，是following的反义词。

preceding特指时间和地位上紧接在前。

prior与previous同义，常可换用，但prior有时强调更大的重要性，对比意味强。

former系latter的反义词，比prior更着重对比。

用作形容词 (adj.)

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