- 词义辨析
previous，foregoing，preceding，prior，former
这些形容词都可表示“在前的”之意。previous指时间上、顺序上较早的，或指正在谈论的某事的前一个。foregoing指前所述的，是following的反义词。preceding特指时间和地位上紧接在前。prior与previous同义，常可换用，但prior有时强调更大的重要性，对比意味强。former系latter的反义词，比prior更着重对比。
- 速记技巧
谐音记忆法
谐音：抚摸，抚摸从前的照片。
词源记忆法
before=以前，之前。fore=for=之前（比如forehead额头），所以former=更先前=先前，以前的。
- 知识拓展
重要短语
former president前任总统
former residence故居
former name曾用名
in former times从前
- 双语例句 更多例句
When a marriage ends, the former husband and wife often contend over the children.
夫妇双方在婚姻破裂后, 往往会争夺子女.
《简明英汉词典》
He campaigned relentlessly to bring charges of corruption against former members of the government.
为了将前政府成员以贪污腐败的罪名送上法庭，他持续不懈地奔走游说。
柯林斯词典例句库
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。
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A former Finance Minister and five senior civil servants are accused of fraud.
一名前财政大臣和五名高级公务员被指控诈骗。
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Accusations of harbouring suspects were raised against the former Hungarian leadership.
匈牙利前领导层被指控窝藏嫌犯。
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That forceful young woman edged out the former headmaster and is now headmaster herself.
那个强硬的年轻女人排挤走了前任校长,她现在自己当校长.
《简明英汉词典》
In 1918 the Romanian majority in this former tsarist province voted for union with Romania.
1918年，这个前沙皇统治的省份中占了多数的罗马尼亚人投票赞成与罗马尼亚合并。
柯林斯词典例句库
It will take a lot of repair work before the theatre regains its former splendour.
要想剧院重拾昔日的辉煌,必须进行大规模整修.
《简明英汉词典》
He'll go to great lengths to get his child back from his former wife.
不管花多大力气,他都要把孩子从前妻那里要回来.
《简明英汉词典》
- 相关词组
- former president[法]前任主席;
- azeotrope former共沸生成添加物;
- sixth formern.六年级中学生;
- former chairman前主席;
- first former第一个前
- austenite former奥氏体形成元;
- in former times往昔；畴昔；昔日;
- 今日热词
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- framework n.构架;框架;（体系的）结构;机构，组织;
- Lend [地名] [奥地利] 伦德;
- shave vt.& vi.剃须，剃毛;vt.剃，削去;修剪;切成薄片;掠过;
- block n.块;街区;<英>大楼，大厦;障碍物，阻碍;vt.阻止;阻塞;限制;
- welcome v.欢迎;迎接;欣然接受;adj.受欢迎的，令人愉快的;可随意…的;尽管…好了;
- steward n.（船舶，飞机或火车上的）服务员，乘务员;（私人家中的）管家; （比赛、游行等公共活动的） 组织者;
- clever adj.聪明的;巧妙的;
- god n.上帝，造物主;被极度崇敬的人[物];男神;戏院顶层楼座观众;
- supermarket n.超级市场;超市;
- struggle v.奋斗;艰难行进;斗争;辩论;n.搏斗;难事;
- front n.前面;临街的一面;身体前部;海滨道;战争前线;阵线;假面具;幌子;（冷暖空气团接触的）锋;adj.前面的;舌前的 ;
- imaginative adj.富于想象力的，运用想象力的;想象或创造出来的;沉溺于想象的;虚假的;
