former是什么意思_former怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned (or the earlier one or ones of several);"the novel was made into a film in 1943 and again in 1967; I prefer the former version to the latter one"

belonging to some prior time;"erstwhile friend"
"our former glory"
"the once capital of the state"
"her quondam lover"

(used especially of persons) of the immediate past;"the former president"
"our late President is still very active"
"the previous occupant of the White House"

belonging to the distant past;"the early inhabitants of Europe"
"former generations"
"in other times"

中英词源

former 先前的

来自古英语forma的比较级，来自PIE*pre-mo, 最早的，*pre-, 在先，词源同far, *mo, 最高级后缀，词源同intimate, ultimate. 该词实际上是最高级的比较级。比较foremost.

former: former: [12] Former is a comparative form based on Middle English forme ‘first (in time or order)’, on the analogy of the superlative foremost [16] (which was originally formost [12]; the modern spelling came about through association with fore and most). Forme itself goes back to Old English forma, which was a descendant of a prehistoric Germanic superlative from derived from *fora ‘before’ (whence also English first, for, and fore). So untangling the suffixal accretions of centuries, former means etymologically ‘more most before’.
=> first, for, fore, primary
former (adj.): "earlier in time," mid-12c., comparative of forme "first, earliest in time or order," from Old English forma "first," from Proto-Germanic *fruma-, *furma-, from PIE *pre-mo-, suffixed (superlative) form of root *per- (1) "forward, through; before; first" (see per). Probably patterned on formest (see foremost); it is an unusual case of a comparative formed from a superlative (the Old English -m is a superlative suffix). As "first of two," 1580s.
former (n.): "one who gives form," mid-14c., agent noun from form (v.). The Latin agent noun was formator.

词态变化

权威造句

1. The unemployed executives include former sales managers, directors and accountants.: 被解雇的管理人员包括前销售经理、主管和会计。

2. A former associate of Mr. Pierce"s was among the project"s boosters.: 皮尔斯先生的一个前合伙人是这个计划的热心支持者之一。

3. The former owner had not left any forwarding address.: 以前的房主没有留下任何转递地址。

4. The airline plans to auction its international routes to former competitors.: 这家航空公司打算把他们的国际线路拍卖给以前的竞争对手。

5. One former director embezzled $34 million in company funds.: 一名前主管挪用了3,400万美元的公司资金。

近反义词

old

preceding

相似短语

the former 前者

burst former 色同步形成器

former bar 放大尺

former winding 模绕法，模绕组，模压成型绕组

former residence 原居住地

former convict 【法】累犯, 惯犯

former level 【经】以前的水准

former trial 【法】前审

network former 网络形成物

body former 罐身成形机

单词分析

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