former
美 [ˈfɔrmər] 
英 [ˈfɔː(r)mə(r)]
- adj.前；以前的；昔日的；（两者中）前者的
- n.【机】模型；创造者；【无线】线圈架；〈英〉公学及其他中等学校的学生
- pron.（两者中的）前者
- 网络从前的；在前的；前任的
词形变化
复数：formers 同义词
英汉双解
1. | 以前的that used to exist in earlier times |
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| the countries of the former Soviet Union 前苏联加盟共和国 |
| This beautiful old building has been restored to its former glory . 这座美丽的老建筑物已恢复了昔日的壮观。 |
2. | 昔日的；前that used to have a particular position or status in the past |
| the former world champion 前世界冠军 |
| my former boss/colleague/wife 以前的老板╱同事；前妻 |
3. | （两者中）前者的used to refer to the first of two things or people mentioned |
| The former option would be much more sensible. 前一种选择要明智得多。 |
1. | （两者中的）前者the first of two things or people mentioned |
| He had to choose between giving up his job and giving up his principles. He chose the former. 他得在放弃工作和放弃原则二者中择其一。他选择了前者。 |
英汉解释
英英解释
例句
The technique of digital is now takeing illustration into a brand new land. Till now, Illustration is not the former one any more.
我们正从工业化时代走向信息化时代，插图的数字化也将其带入一个新的领域。
In addition, if you know some of those school's former school mates sister, you will be able to get the most intuitive feelings.
另外，如果你认识一些在那些学校里的学长学姐，你将能得到最直观的感受。
A former colleague told me that the general manager of our business unit quited. In fact, he was fired. The direct reason is seeking bribes.
一位以前的同事告诉我我们的事业部老总辞职了。实际上，是被炒鱿鱼了。因为索贿。
He said he has emailed the former Apple CEO a few times but admitted that Syrian pride means he would never call him.
钱德里说，他曾给乔布斯发过几次邮件，但他也承认，有着身为叙利亚人的自尊，他不会给儿子打电话。史蒂夫•乔布斯刚刚卸任苹果CEO。
Just because a former employer may have directed you to the door, however, you can still walk out with your pride intact.
以前的雇主指着门让你离开，你可以依然昂首阔步地走出去。
A former head of the Pakistan Cricket Board, Shahryar Khan, said he felt mortified by the players' behaviour.
巴基斯坦板球理事会前会长ShahryarKhan称，他为这几位球员的行为感到羞耻。
However, the former defender of Parma was quick to point out that this was just an invented story to further stir up the environment.
古尔库夫和博内拉因训练而引起的争吵增加了米兰的负面新闻。但是后卫博内拉指出这不过是一个蓄意煽动的捏造的新闻。
As Ryan Giggs, his former team-mate, joked: "Becks hasn't changed since I've known him - he's always been a flash cockney git. "
正如他的前队友瑞恩-吉格斯（RyanGiggs）开玩笑所说的那样：“自打我认识他以来，贝克就没变过——他一直就是个花里胡哨、百无一用的东区伦敦佬。”
Described by former classmates as shy, she came out of her shell as she blossomed into a young teen.
她以前的同学评价她是个害羞的女孩，她在少女时期出落得亭亭玉立。
The former record of Yan Emperor Shen Nong era seems to be matriarchal society, "people know his mother, not knowing his father. "
前者记载炎帝神农时代好像是母系氏族社会，“人知其母，不知其父”。
Yet even this does not seem to have returned their former power; global markets have simply grown too big.
但即便如此，对冲基金也没有恢复以往的影响力，因为全球市场的规模已变得过于庞大。
And I cannot help but think of our mutual friend, the former Democrat lieutenant governor , Bob Bullock.
我忘不了我们双方的朋友——前民主党副州长，鲍勃·布拉克；
Also appearing on This Week, former U. S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said the New START treaty must not be allowed to languish.
同样出现在本周节目中的前美国国务卿奥尔布赖特说，绝对不能允许新的战略核武器条约失去活力。
This was all that remained of our former gods.
这是我们以前的神明留下的所有一切。
A former Wikileaks spokesman claims to have deleted thousands of unpublished files that had been passed to the whistleblowing site.
一名前维基解密的发言人称，他已将上千条未公开的文件删，而这些文件已被上传到一个举报网站。
The academy occupies the former site of the Beijing Dance Academy and does not seem to have been physically upgraded or modernized.
地处北京舞蹈学院旧址的中国戏曲学院，似乎没有进行过建筑翻新或现代化更新。
Do not buy a computer on broadband, like Jiurou are ready to eat in the former as a monk.
买了电脑不上宽带，就好比酒肉都准备好了却在吃饭前当了和尚。
I still remember leaving the kindergarten, turning around to look back at my former classmates who were staring out the window at me.
我依然记得我离开幼儿院那天，转身再看看我的小伙伴们时，他们都透过窗户盯着我。
It's frequently attributed to Nelson Mandela, the former South African president, and said to be an excerpt from his 1994 inaugural address.
它被频繁地归属为南非前总统纳尔逊•曼德拉，并说这是他1994年就职演说中的摘录。
One of his roles was to interview visiting foreign dignitaries including Edward Heath, the former British prime minister.
他当时的任务之一是采访来访的外国要人，其中包括前英国首相爱德华-希斯（EdwardHeath）。
The former held a light in his hand.
前者手里拿着一个灯。
She's been dining off her former husband for days.
多时以来她一直在吃她前夫的饭。
She took great comfort from the former.
前者给她带来极大安慰。
There are others who affect a very slow time, and are in my opinion much more tunable than the former.
另外有些人爱拉长腔，在我看来，这比前者更有韵味。
In general we can have temperature or flux boundary conditions but in this case we will only consider the former.
一般说，边界条件可以是给定温度，也可是给定热流，但这里我们只考虑前者。
make well or normal again; bring back(to a former condition)
使恢复健康或正常；使恢复（以前的情况）
Winding along at the bottom of the gorge is a dangerously narrow wheel-road, occupying the bed of a former torrent.
蜿蜒伸延在谷底的是一条又窄又险的小车路，这原先是一条急湍的河床。
This moment my former notions of deliverance darted into my thoughts, for now I found I was like to have a little ship at my command.
这时候，我那争取解放的老念头，突然又出现在我的脑子里，因为我觉得我现在已经有一只小船可以随我支配了。
What I must put down is so dangerous that the former hiding place of my papers will not do.
我必须写下的这些材料是如此危险，以致我以前隐文藏稿的地方不能再使用了。
But while you are crowing over your imaginary success, see if it does not return with seven devils worse than its former self.
可是你正在为这种空洞的胜利自鸣得意的时候，它却又会卷土重来，而且还要厉害个十倍八倍呢。
She had meant to revert to her former condition of important and cultivated uncertainty.
她本以为会回复到原先那种关系：有教养而矜持地不作决定。
She tried to escape the unwanted attentions of her former boyfriend.
她尽量避开她过去男朋友多余的殷勤。
In October, 1986, two former political adversaries reunited for a very special occasion in Atlanta, Georgia.
1986年10月，两位从前的政敌为了一个非常特别的原因在佐治亚州亚特兰大城又重在一起了。
His former allies ran out on him.
他过去的盟友不支持他了。
As organizations, they have been key forces on behalf of political independence in the former colonial countries.
作为团体组织，它们在前殖民地国家已成为代表政治独立的关键力量。
Where I parted company with my friends and former colleagues was in my analysis of their motivations.
我跟朋友们及从前的同事发生分歧的地方是我对他们的动机的分析。
It was originally designed to provide a framework for governing 13 weak and desperate former colonies.
它的原来目的在于提供一个基础，以治理十三个软弱无助的前殖民地。
He put forth his hand to his former enemy in token of goodwill.
他伸手给昔日的仇敌表示友好。
Their marks on the lands are somewhat analogous to the dirt line on a tub showing the former depth of water.
它们在陆地上的标记有点像浴盆上表示原来水深的脏水线。
This former minister was sentenced to jail for misappropriation of public funds.
这位前部长因挪用公款罪被判入狱。
Seeing her former husband, she stood aside consciously.
一看到她的前夫，她有意避开了。
Without the latter, the former is of no avail.
没有后者，前者是无效的。
One by one he lost the dominions in France which the former kings of England had held.
英国历代国王在法国的领地，都被他一一丢失了。
Her article showed no charity towards her former friends.
她的文章对她以前的朋友毫不宽容。
He has retreated to his former reserve.
他已经恢复了他早先含蓄的态度。
The former famous TV anchor has now become an actor.
这位前名嘴如今已成为一名演员。
Steve Meltz stopped by to take a picture, hoping that later Tuesday night it might be known as the former house of the new president.
史蒂夫·梅尔茨在顺便拜访这里的时候拍照，希望周二晚些时候它可能成为新总统的故居。
In Germany, should not be arbitrarily give as gifts to the Rose or Rose, the former said the courtship, the latter dedicated to Mourn.
在德国，不宜随意以玫瑰或蔷薇送人，前者表示求爱，后者则专用于悼亡。
Two more locations in London are being tested for traces of radiation following the poisoning death of a former Russian spy.
在一位前俄罗斯间谍被毒害后，调查员又对伦敦的两个地方进行了测试，以确定是否有放射性物质的踪迹。
The former first lady has received numerous awards and accolades for her humanitarian work around the world.
前第一夫人在全世界范围内因她致力于人道主义事业而受到众多奖项以及多方赞颂。
The boat is indeed named for the former host of "The Price is Right" Bob Barker who donated millions of dollars to the Sea Shepherd Society.
该船是以“价格猜猜看”节目主持人鲍勃·巴克的名字命名，他为海洋看守保护协会捐款数百万美元。
"The capabilities of an air-to-air configured Raptor are phenomenal, " says Franklin, himself a former Aggressor pilot.
“一架空对空配置状态下的猛禽是非常惊人的，”弗兰克林说，他本人以前就是“入侵者”中队的飞行员。
In the former, the headquarters gets bogged down in so much detail that it lags behind in making timely decisions.
前者，司令部在过多的细节问题上深受其害，大大拉了做出及时决策的后腿。
Yet the former Hamburg stopper, who was one of the side's best players last term, insists his future is in Tuscany.
这名上个赛季俱乐部表现最好的球员之一的前汉堡后卫坚称他的未来在托斯卡尼。
A former colleague sent me a message, said that today is her three-year-anniversary for our meeting, and also for her joining that company.
意外收到前同事的短信，说今天是我们认识三周年，也是她加入公司三年的日子。
In 1996, Heidemarie, a former schoolteacher and psychotherapist, decided to try to live without money for a year as an experiment.
1996年时，Heidemarie从事教师和心理治疗的工作，她决定一年不使用现金并把它当做一个实验。
If so, Thailand may emerge from two years of political strife and regain its former status as a beacon of multi-party democracy in Asia.
假如这样的话，泰国将摆脱两年来的政治冲突，重新成为亚洲多党派民主政治的灯塔。
Once a Zabrak from Iridonia, Maul abandoned all trace of his former identity when he took on his Sith name.
曾经是一位艾里多尼亚的萨巴克人，魔在他接受西斯之名时，抛弃了所有和他过去身分的痕迹。
The former she hoped at last might have been accidental, and the latter she could only attribute to her own stupidity.
对于前者，她最终希望或许是偶然现象，对于后者，她只能归咎于她自己太愚钝。
Former Israeli president Moshe Katsav is to be charged with rape nearly two years after he resigned as part of a plea bargain.
以色列前总统摩西·卡察夫，部分因达成认罪协议辞职近两年后，将被落案控以强奸。
Leading Poles based in London, like the former president of the exiled Polish government in London, Dr Ryszard Kaczorowski, also died.
伦敦的数名波兰重要人物也在事故中罹难，其中包括伦敦流亡波兰政府前总统里沙尔特·卡秋罗夫斯基（RyszardKaczorowski）博士。
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani said the rise of foreign economies, especially China, has created new challenges for the U. S. economy.
前纽约市市长朱利安尼说，外国经济实体的兴起，尤其是中国的兴起，对美国经济构成新的挑战。
A former finance minister said he could administer the subsidised bread programme only if he had one security guard for each sack of flour.
前财政部长说，如果他有安全警卫来看守每一袋面粉的话，他就能够管理好面包补贴项目。
"This is the last game of the year, a year which has been very difficult in the second part of it, " continued the former midfielder.
“这是今年最后的一场比赛了。今年在下半年，我们的处境非常的困难。”安切洛蒂说。
Fleur won the case, but the victory brought her so many snubs from former friends that she was more unhappy than ever.
弗勒打赢了官司，但这场胜利却招致朋友们对她的冷落，使她感到更加不快活。
In the run-up to Sunday's main event, team-mate Nicolas Anelka said he is surprised by his former club's performance this season.
在为周日大战的训练中，阿内尔卡说他对前东家本赛季的表现感到很惊讶。
