former meaning in English
n.
1.构成者，创造者。
2.【机械工程】模型，样板，成形[型]设备。
3.【无线电】线圈架。
4.〔英国〕公学及其他中等学校的学生。
短语和例子
adj.
1.以前的，从前的。
2.在前的；〔美国〕前任的。
短语和例子
adv.
-ly
Examples
- The old man's former cronies are all dead .
老人的往日故旧都已作古。 - Of the two the latter is better than the former .
二者中后者比前者好。 - He has retreated to his former reserve .
他已经恢复了他早先含蓄的态度。 - The former wins readers in new territory .
前者在新的国度里赢得了读者。 - It replaces the former quarter sessions .
它取代以前的季审法庭。