erstwhile

英 ['ɜːstwaɪl] 美 ['ɜːrstwaɪl]

• adj. 从前的；往昔的

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"
   

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

近反义词

【近义词】

• sometime 以前的
• onetime 从前的
• former 前者的
• old 老的
• previous 以前的
• past 过
• earlier 早的
• ex 【商】在 ... 交货，...
• once 一次
• formerly 以前
• at one time 曾经
• quondam 过去的
• erst <古>以前
• one-time 一次的