erstwhile
发音
英 [ˈɜ:stwaɪl]
美 [ˈɜrstwaɪl]
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- adj.
- 从前的
- 以前的
- 原来的
- 往昔的
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- adv.
- 从前
- 往昔地
单词词源
erstwhile 先前的
erst, 最早的，ere最高级。
双语例句
- 1. Administrators of lehman 's london arm are considering litigation against its erstwhile parent .
- 雷曼伦敦分公司的管理人员正在考虑与它从前的东家对簿公堂。
- 2. Her work detains her between the party 's office and her home , her erstwhile prison .
- 由于工作，她只能在党部和家之间往返，而后者也是她从前的囚室。
- 3. My erstwhile publisher asked whether I would acquiesce to omitting some " sensitive material " and changing some wording .
- 我从前的出版商问我是否同意删除一些“敏感材料”和改变一些措词。
- 4. But anna 's ex-husband , an englishman , went further than anyone , given the chance to cash in on his erstwhile russian wife .
- 但安娜的前夫，一个英国人，走的比任何人都远，得到了把她变成他从前的俄罗斯妻子的机会。
- 5. In recent months they have not been especially happy with their erstwhile american ally , despite the bush administration 's belated effort to address arab concerns over palestine and to disentangle itself from iraq .
- 由于布什政府解决阿拉伯国家心头大患巴勒斯坦问题的动作有些迟了，并且试图摆脱伊拉克这个大麻烦，阿拉伯国家对美国这个从前的盟友感到尤为不满。