erstwhile

  暢通詞匯  
['??stwa?l]     ['??rstwa?l]    
  • adj. 從前的;往昔的
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erstwhile的英文翻譯是什么意思,詞典釋義與在線(xiàn)翻譯:

詳盡釋義

adj. (形容詞)
  1. 往昔的
  2. 從前的
  3. 以前的
  4. 過(guò)去的
  5. 先前的
  6. 原來(lái)的
  7. 較早時(shí)候的
adv. (副詞)
  1. 往昔
  2. <古>從前
  3. 以前

英英釋義

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的用法和樣例:

例句

用作形容詞 (adj.)
  1. His erstwhile friends turned against him.
    他先前的朋友轉而與他作對。
  2. This erstwhile schoolmaster had discovered a way of keeping us quiet in the evenings.
    這位往昔的老師找到了一種讓我們晚上安靜下來(lái)的方法。

經(jīng)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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