erstwhile是什么意思_erstwhile英文意思_翻译_例句

英

['ɜːstwaɪl]

美

['ɜːrstwaɪl]

adj.从前的；往昔的 new

erstwhile的英文翻译是什么意思，意思释义：

详尽释义

adj.

(形容词)

往昔的从前的以前的过去的先前的原来的较早时候的adv.

(副词)

往昔<古>从前以前

英英释义

Adjective:belonging to some prior time;

"erstwhile friend"
"our former glory"
"the once capital of the state"
"her quondam lover"

Adverb:at a previous time;

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

erstwhile的用法和例句：

例句

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

出自：W. Golding

The conservative will find the practice of poptics as difficult as he has erstwhile found its theory.

出自：R. Scruton

erstwhile的相关资料：

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earper
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

临近单词

erudite
erst