形容詞presentlaterlatter
形容詞
1. He is the former premier.
他是前任總理。
2. Our former process was too costly.
我們上道制造程序成本太高。
3. When she is offered ice-cream or pie, she always chooses the former.
當(dāng)有冰淇淋或派給她吃時(shí),她總是挑選前者。
4. In former days there was a racecourse here.
從前這兒有個(gè)賽馬場(chǎng)。
5. Of swimming and football he much preferred the former.
在游泳和足球中他更喜歡前者。
4. 齒廓樣板,靠模:30. Formate 成形法 | 31. Former 齒廓樣板,靠模 | 32. Forming 成型,在磨具內(nèi)擠壓成型
1. 前任的;先前的
Former is used to describe someone who used to have a particular job, position, or role, but no longer has it.
e.g. The unemployed executives include former sales managers, directors and accountants.
被解雇的管理人員包括前銷(xiāo)售經(jīng)理、主管和會(huì)計(jì)。
e.g. ...former President Richard Nixon...
前總統(tǒng)理查德·尼克松
2. (國(guó)家)原先的,先前的
Former is used to refer to countries which no longer exist or whose boundaries have changed.
e.g. ...the former Soviet Union.
前蘇聯(lián)
e.g. ...the former Yugoslavia.
前南斯拉夫
3. 昔日的;舊時(shí)的;曾經(jīng)的
Former is used to describe something which used to belong to someone or which used to be a particular thing.
e.g. ...the former home of Sir Christopher Wren.
克里斯托弗·雷恩爵士的舊居
e.g. ...a former monastery.
昔日的修道院
4. 早先的;從前的
Former is used to describe a situation or period of time which came before the present one.
former
e.g. He would want you to remember him as he was in former years.
他可能會(huì)希望你記住他早年的樣子。
5. 前者;前一個(gè)
When two people, things, or groups have just been mentioned, you can refer to the first of them as the former .
former
e.g. Given the choice between a pure white T-shirt and a more expensive, dirty cream one, most people can be forgiven for choosing the former...
如果要在一件純白的 T 恤和一件更貴的臟兮兮的米色 T 恤之間選擇的話,多數(shù)人都會(huì)選前者,這是無(wú)可厚非的。
e.g. If the family home and joint pension rights are of equal value, the wife may choose the former and the husband the latter.
如果家庭住房和共同養(yǎng)老金具有同樣的價(jià)值,妻子可能會(huì)選前者,而丈夫會(huì)選后者。