erstwhile

  畅通词汇  
['ɜːstwaɪl]     ['ɜːrstwaɪl]    
  • adj. 从前的;往昔的
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erstwhile的英文翻译是什么意思,词典释义与在线翻译:

详尽释义

adj. (形容词)
  1. 往昔的
  2. 从前的
  3. 以前的
  4. 过去的
  5. 先前的
  6. 原来的
  7. 较早时候的
adv. (副词)
  1. 往昔
  2. <古>从前
  3. 以前

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;

    "at one time he loved her"
    "her erstwhile writing"
    "she was a dancer once"

erstwhile的用法和样例:

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)
  1. His erstwhile friends turned against him.
    他先前的朋友转而与他作对。
  2. 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。

经典引文

  • His hair was frizzed and much lighter than erstwhile.

    出自: W. Golding
  • The conservative will find the practice of politics as difficult as he has erstwhile found its theory.

    出自: R. Scruton

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