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- former ['fɔːmə]
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adj
[prenominal]
belonging to or occurring in an earlier time
- former glory
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2.
adj
having been at a previous time
- a former colleague
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3.
adj
denoting the first or first mentioned of two
- in the former case
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4.
adj
near the beginning
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1.
adj
[prenominal]
belonging to or occurring in an earlier time
- former ['fɔːmə]
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1.
n
a person or thing that forms or shapes
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2.
n
[electrical engineering]
a tool for giving a coil or winding the required shape, sometimes consisting of a frame on which the wire can be wound, the frame then being removed
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1.
n
a person or thing that forms or shapes
Examples
- a former legislator addressed as "Senator" by courtesy
- 一位人们出于礼貌而称他为 "Senator" （参议员）的前议员 → courtesy
- to restore the theater to its former estate
- 把戏院恢复到以前的状况 → estate
- in former times
- 旧时，从前 → former
- Jack and Bill are twins, but the former is taller than the latter.
- 杰克和比尔是孪生儿，但前者比后者高。 → former
- Memories of former gaiety haunt the house.
- 这屋子常常使人想起昔日的欢乐。 → haunt
- Jack and Bill are twins, but the latter is shorter than the former.
- 杰克和比尔是孪生兄弟，但后者比前者矮。 → latter
- to resume a former name
- 恢复原名 → resume
- a mere shadow of his former self
- 他简直瘦得不成样子 → shadow
- to turn against former friends
- 对旧友翻脸 → turn
- The Iron Curtain came down with the fall of the former Soviet Union.
- 随着前苏联的解体，铁幕也随之降下。 → curtain
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