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erstwhile

英[ˈɜ:stwaɪl]
美[ˈɜrstwaɪl]

基本释义

  • adj.从前的; 以前的; 原来的; 往昔的

实用例句

an erstwhile opponent

以前的对手

牛津词典

His erstwhile friends turned against him.

他先前的朋友转而与他作对。

牛津词典

Erstwhile workers may have become managers...

过去的工人可能已经成了经理。

He fled to America with Phyllis Burton, an erstwhile friend of his wife's.

他和他妻子以前的一个朋友菲莉丝·伯顿一起逃往美国。

The dominant features of today's economy is that erstwhile private borrowers are, it bluntly, bust.

当今经济的主要特点 —— 坦率的说 —— 是昔日的私人借款者已经破产.

期刊摘选

Both are in better shape than their erstwhile rivals.

他们的情况比以前的竞争对手都要好.

期刊摘选

Continental Europeans want tighter constraints on the erstwhile titans of finance.

欧洲大陆希望对昔日的金融巨擘严加约束.

期刊摘选

This erstwhile schoolmaster had discovered a way of keeping us quiet in the evenings.

这位往昔的老师找到了一种让我们晚上安静下来的方法.

期刊摘选

One seems to need a dose of superiority to overcompensate for the erstwhile sense of inferiority.

昔日的低人一等看起来需要一剂“高人一头”的灵丹妙药要大肆弥补一下.

期刊摘选

Geographic location, education and the erstwhile caste system being some of the key factors.

其中重要的几个因素是地理位置 、 所受教育和过去的等级制度.

期刊摘选

As to its characteristic, by reading text, it analyses the oriental _ western culturals, and transcends erstwhile nationalism.

就其基本特征来说, 后殖民主义从文本解读入手, 着重分析东西方间的文化关系, 并表现出超越民族主义的努力.

期刊摘选

The same will be said of Mr Blair by erstwhile colleagues when he has gone.

布莱尔下台后,他以前的同僚也会说出同样的话.

期刊摘选

Erstwhile workers may have become managers.

过去的工人可能已经成了经理。

辞典例句

His erstwhile friends turned against him.

他先前的朋友转而与他作对。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

He fled to America with Phyllis Burton, an erstwhile friend of his wife's.

他和他妻子以前的一个朋友菲莉丝·伯顿一起逃往美国。

柯林斯例句

英英释义

Adjective
  • 1. belonging to some prior time;

    "erstwhile friend"

    "our former glory"

    "the once capital of the state"

    "her quondam lover"

Adverb
  • 1. at a previous time;

    "once he loved her"

    "her erstwhile writing"

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