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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

former ['fɔːmər]
  1. 1. adjective [+husband, president etc] 前任的
    He's a former army officer.
    他是位前任军官。
  2. 2. adjective [+power, authority] (earlier) 以前的
    They have lost much of their former authority.
    他们失去了许多以前的权力。
  3. 3. pronoun the former 前者
    The former believe in a strong centralized government.
    前者信仰强有力的中央集权制的政府。
    in former times/years
    以前

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

former [ 'fɔrmɚ] [ 'fɔːmə]
  1. 1. noun 形成者（或物），构成者（或物）；创造者

Collins English-English Dictionary

former ['fɔːmə]
  1. 1. adj [prenominal] belonging to or occurring in an earlier time
    former glory
  2. 2. adj having been at a previous time
    a former colleague
  3. 3. adj denoting the first or first mentioned of two
    in the former case
  4. 4. adj near the beginning
former ['fɔːmə]
  1. 1. n a person or thing that forms or shapes
  2. 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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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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