erstwhile
英 ['??stwa?l]
美['?stwa?l]
- adj. 以前的；從前的；往昔的
- adv. 以前；往昔地
實(shí)用場景例句
- an erstwhile opponent
- 以前的對(duì)手
牛津詞典
- His erstwhile friends turned against him.
- 他先前的朋友轉(zhuǎn)而與他作對(duì)。
牛津詞典
- Erstwhile workers may have become managers...
- 過去的工人可能已經(jīng)成了經(jīng)理。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- He fled to America with Phyllis Burton, an erstwhile friend of his wife's.
- 他和他妻子以前的一個(gè)朋友菲莉絲·伯頓一起逃往美國。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- The dominant features of today's economy is that erstwhile private borrowers are, it bluntly, bust.
- 當(dāng)今經(jīng)濟(jì)的主要特點(diǎn) —— 坦率的說 —— 是昔日的私人借款者已經(jīng)破產(chǎn).
期刊摘選
- Both are in better shape than their erstwhile rivals.
- 他們的情況比以前的競爭對(duì)手都要好.
期刊摘選
- Continental Europeans want tighter constraints on the erstwhile titans of finance.
- 歐洲大陸希望對(duì)昔日的金融巨擘嚴(yán)加約束.
期刊摘選
- 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的方法.
期刊摘選
- 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來需要一劑“高人一頭”的靈丹妙藥要大肆彌補(bǔ)一下.
期刊摘選
- Geographic location, education and the erstwhile caste system being some of the key factors.
- 其中重要的幾個(gè)因素是地理位置 、 所受教育和過去的等級(jí)制度.
期刊摘選
- As to its characteristic, by reading text, it analyses the oriental _ western culturals, and transcends erstwhile nationalism.
- 就其基本特征來說, 后殖民主義從文本解讀入手, 著重分析東西方間的文化關(guān)系, 并表現(xiàn)出超越民族主義的努力.
期刊摘選
- The same will be said of Mr Blair by erstwhile colleagues when he has gone.
- 布萊爾下臺(tái)后,他以前的同僚也會(huì)說出同樣的話.
期刊摘選
- Erstwhile workers may have become managers.
- 過去的工人可能已經(jīng)成了經(jīng)理。
辭典例句
- His erstwhile friends turned against him.
- 他先前的朋友轉(zhuǎn)而與他作對(duì)。
《牛津高階英漢雙解詞典》
- He fled to America with Phyllis Burton, an erstwhile friend of his wife's.
- 他和他妻子以前的一個(gè)朋友菲莉絲·伯頓一起逃往美國。
柯林斯例句