former
['fɔ:mə]
adj.前者的, 前任的, 以前的
n.创造者, <英>学校某一年级的学生
例句与用法：
It was more in sorrow than in anger that he criticized his former colleague.
他批评以前的同事，并非出於气愤而是为他惋惜。
Jane and Mary are good friends; the former is a teacher, the latter is a nurse.
珍和玛丽是好朋友，前者是老师，后者是护士。
He is too proud now to be seen with his former friends.
他现在忘乎所以了，觉得跟以前的朋友在一起有失他的脸面。
Of these two men, the former is dead but the latter is still alive.
这两个人中，前者已死，而后者仍然活着。
The poor girl found it hard to throw off her former boy friend.
这可怜的女孩发觉要摆脱掉她以前的男朋友很不容易。
Of these alternatives, I prefer the former.
在这两者之间我愿选择前者。
Mr. Heath is the former Prime Minister of Britain.
希思先生是英国前任首相。
词形变化：
副词: formatively |
a.[Z][B]
1. 从前的, 早前的, 旧时的
In former days there was a racecourse here.
从前这儿有个赛马场。
2. 在前的; (两者中)前者的
When she is offered ice-cream or pie, she always chooses the former.
当有冰淇淋或馅饼给她吃时, 她总是挑选前者。
3. 前任的; 一度的
The guide showed us the old home of former President Theodore Roosevelt.
导游带我们看了前总统西奥多・罗斯福的故居。
former
词形变化：
副词: formatively |
同义词：
previous | prior | earlier | past | first | preceding | anterior | sometime | old | antecedent | back | ago | ex- | last | quondam | onetime | late | early | one-time | erstwhile | other | foregoing |
反义词：
词义辨析：
同义:
a.早先的; 在前的
earlier
past
previous
preceding
prior
first
同义参见:
anterior
antecedent
sometime
prior1
back
ago
old
反义:
a.从前的; 前任的, 前者的
present
later
latter
former1['fɔ:mə]adj.1.■(时间上)先前的，以前的，从前的2.■往昔的，旧时的，过去的，远古的3.■[the former](两者中)前者的[latter之对;常独立使用]4.■(两者之中)居前的，前面的；(顺序上)在先的，在前的5.■前任的，一年的近义词previous former2['fɔ:mə]n.1.■形成者(或物)，构成者(或物)；创造者2.■[主英国英语](中小学)某一年级的学生3.■【电工学】线圈架，绕线模4.■【航空学】翼助5.■【机械工程】成形设备；样板模子，靠模
formerformer[ˈfɔ:mə]adj.1.■前面的; 往昔的2.■前任的, 前一个的in former times从前the former前者Our former process was too costly.我们上道制造程序成本太高。He is the former premier.他是前任总理。
继承用法formerly[ˈfɔ:məlɪ]adv.
参考词汇见previous;
adjective
[attrib.]
- having previously filled a particular role or been a particular thing
前任的；曾经当过…的
her former boyfriend.
她以前的男友。
■of or occurring in the past or an earlier period
以前的，从前的，早先的
in former times.
从前。 - (the former)denoting the first or first mentioned of two people or things
（两者中）前者的
those who take the former view.
那些持前一观点的人。
[as noun]the powers of the former are more comprehensive than those of the latter.
前者的权力比后者更广泛。
- Middle English: from Old English forma (see foremost) + -er
- Traditionally, former and latter are used in relation to pairs of items: either the first of two items (former) or the second of two items (latter). The reason for this is that former and latter were formed as comparatives, and comparatives are correctly used with reference to just two things, while a superlative is used where there are more than two things. So, for example, strictly speaking one should say the longest of the three books but the longer of the two booksIn practice, former and latter are now sometimes used just as synonyms for first and last and are routinely used to refer to a contrast involving more than two items. Such uses, however, are not acceptable in good English style
former2
noun
- a person or thing that forms something
形成某事的人（或事）
[in combination]an opinion-former.
舆论制造者。
■a tool, mould, or other device used to form articles or shape materials
模子，模型，成形设备
an arch former.
拱模。
■a transverse strengthening part in an aircraft wing or fuselage
（机翼，机身）翼肋
■a frame or core around which an electrical coil can be wound
线圈架，绕线模 - [in combination](Brit.)a person in a particular school year
(英)某年级学生
fifth-formers.
五年级学生。
former
名词 former:
the first of two or the first mentioned of two
形容词 former:
referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned (or the earlier one or ones of several)
belonging to some prior time
同义词：erstwhile, old, onetime, quondam, sometime
(used especially of persons) of the immediate past
belonging to the distant past
former
■After 1989,peace broke out in the former East Bloc.
1989年后，和平在以前的东部国家爆发。
■Faith Daniels, the distaff anchor of the "CBS Early Morning News, " was ready to jump ship last week, following in the footsteps of her former sidekick, Forrest Sawyer, who skipped town last September.
“哥伦比亚广播公司早晨新闻”女主播丹尼尔斯，上周已决定跟随她的以前助手索耶(九月已离纽约)的脚步辞职。
■Prisoner to a former slave and his pitiful allies.
一个前奴隶和他的可怜同盟者的囚犯。
■A former model wrote a hilarious novel based on pillow talk with her many male friends.
一位前模特儿以她同许多男友的枕头谈话为基础写出了一本有趣的小说。
■A former drug addict who has come a long way.
一位过去很长一段时间吸毒的瘾君子
■God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: and the former things are passed away.
上帝将会擦去他们眼中的所有泪水; 不再会有死亡，不再会有悲伤和哭泣，也不再会有任何痛苦，过去的一切将永远消失。
■Hanging out with a former boyfriend.
与以前的一位男朋友约会
■A former monetary unit of East Germany worth 100 pfennigs.
东德马克德意志民主共和国使用的货币单位，等于100芬尼。
■His colleagues and former students compiled and published his essays in honor of his thirty years' service with the university.
为了对他在这所大学工作了30年表示敬意，他的同事和过去的学生汇编并出版了他的论文。
■Why was the former sheriff in my house?
为什么前警长会出现在我房子里?
■The argument spoilt their former unity.
争论损害了他们以往的团结。
■A former British colony and protectorate of southern Arabia, part of Southern Yemen(now Yemen) since 1967.
亚丁以前为英国的殖民地及阿拉伯半岛南部的一个保护国，1967年以后是南也门(现也门)的一部分。
■Aden is a former British protectorate.
亚丁以前是英国的保护领地。
■Man differs from beasts in that the former is able to laugh, while the latter aren't.
人不同于野兽，因前者能笑，而后者却不能。
■I ran into a former friend of mine today.
今天我遇到了旧日的朋友。
■In former times criminals were often branded.
从前,罪犯常打有烙印。
■The former Russian satellites now turn to the West for help.
从前俄国的卫星国现在转向西方要求援助。
■In former times, prisoners' heads were impaled on pointed stakes.
从前的人把监犯的头钉在尖桩上。
■Former rulers kept the people under.
从前的统治者们总是压迫人民。
■In former times the British army kept lots of soldiers at Fort William in Scotland.
从前英国陆军经常把大批士兵派驻在苏格兰的威廉堡。
■In former days there was a race course here.
从前这儿有个赛马场。
■In former times,bricks were baked in the sun.
从前，砖是在太阳下晒干的。
■He looks healthier in contrast to his former self.
他与以前相比，显得更健康些。
■He still holds to his former views.
他仍然坚持过去的看法。
■His former friends are moving away from him with surprising speed.
他从前的朋友正以令人吃惊的速度离开他。
■His former employer recommends him warmly.
他从前的雇主热心地推荐他。
■He was a former divinity student.
他以前是一个神学院的学生。
■Many of his former supporters voted against him.
他以前的许多支持者投票反对他。
■Their former enemy is arming again.
他们从前的敌人正在重整军备。
■One is a former opposition MP and mayor in Guyana.
他们其中一员是前反对党议员，也是圭亚那的一位市长。
■They supported Japan's taking over of all the former German interests in Shandong Province.
他们支持日本接管德国以前在山东省的所有权益。
■He brought about reconciliation between former enemies.
他使旧时的仇敌和解了。
■All his former friends turned against him.
他原来的朋友都和他反目了。
■He duplicated his former mistakes.
他又犯了和以前一样的错误。
■He is ashamed for his former dishonorable action.
他对他以前不光彩的行为感到羞愧。
■He had renounced his former associates.
他已经宣布与过去的伙伴拆伙。
■He has retreated to his former reserve.
他已经恢复了他早先含蓄的态度。
■He longed to vent on George all the spite he felt against his former associates.
他很想把自己对过去同事的怨恨发泄在乔治身上。
■He tried to fix his affection upon a former classmate but failed.
他想同一位老同学谈恋爱，但失败了。
■It was more in sorrow than in anger that he criticized his former colleague.
他批评以前的同事，并非出於气愤而是为他惋惜。
■He was a former electronics engineer .
他是一位原电子工程师。
■He is a pentathlete of former Soviet Union.
他是前苏联的现代五项运动员。
■Does he have references from former employers?
他有以前的雇主写的证明吗?
■He has a good reference from his former employer.
他有以前老板提供的一分很好的推荐书。
■He is looking for work here because his wife was relocated in this city, and so he had to give up his former job.
他正在这儿找工作，因为他的妻子调到这个城市来了。他只好放弃从前的工作。
■He is now out of all conceit with his former self.
他现在全盘否定了他原来的自己。
■He is too proud now to be seen with his former friends.
他现在忘乎所以了，觉得跟以前的朋友在一起有失他的脸面。
■His present indigence is a sufficient punishment for former folly.
他现在所受的困苦足够惩罚他从前的胡作非为了。
■He distanced himself from his former wife.
他疏远了他的前妻。
■He is blackmailed by his former secretary.
他的前秘书对他进行敲诈。