former

美音：['fɔrmər] 英音：['fɔː(r)mə(r)]

简单释义：

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

变形：

复数：formers

完整释义：

1.成型铺装机
2.成形工具
3.绳股并捻机
4.模子
5.骨架
6.构成者,创造者
7.〔英国〕公学及其他中等学校的学生
8.支撑板
9.【机械工程】模型,样板,成形[型]设备
10.【无线电】线圈架

adj.

1.以前的,从前的
2.在前的;〔美国〕前任的
3.早先,从前的,往日的

例句：

He did not provide details of the deal, citing a confidentiality agreement with lawyers for the former detainees.
他以政府与这些前在押人员的律师达成了一个保密协议为由而没有提供有关这个交易的细节。
The former Apple employee, who worked in an Apple store, also notes that this happens every time Apple releases a hot new product.
这位苹果前雇员还告诉我，每一次有新的热门产品发售，这种情况都会发生。
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。
He is reportedly angling for a seat on the GM board for one of his own lieutenants, Jerry York, a former Chrysler executive.
据说，他现在正在为他的助手――前克莱斯勒总裁杰瑞•约克，在通用委员会寻求一席之地。
Readers, would you steer your kids away from an elite school in favor of a state school, even if you could afford the former?
读者朋友，你愿意让孩子放弃名校目标而上州立大学吗，即使前者昂贵的学费对你来说不是问题？
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。
It would be impossible to insist too much on the arbitrary nature of the former opposition between art and philosophy.
在艺术和哲学古已有之的对立中，过分坚持它具有随意性是不可能的。

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