erstwhile音标

英 [ˈɜ:stwaɪl]

美 [ˈɜ:rstwaɪl]

erstwhile基本释义

adj.从前的；往昔的

erstwhile用法及例句

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

从前

以前

adv

1. at a previous time

e.g. at one time he loved herher erstwhile writingshe was a dancer once

Synonym: onceformerlyat one timeerst

1. 以往的;往昔的You use erstwhile to describe someone that used to be the type of person indicated, but no longer is.

e.g. Erstwhile workers may have become managers...过去的工人可能已经成了经理。e.g. He fled to America with Phyllis Burton, an erstwhile friend of his wife's.他和他妻子以前的一个朋友菲莉丝·伯顿一起逃往美国。

1. erstwhile的翻译

1. 以前的,往昔的：belying belie的现在分词,掩饰,与-不符,使-失望;证明为假 | erstwhile 以前的,往昔的 | tin 锡

2. erstwhile的意思

2. 以前：erst 以前 | erstwhile 以前 | erubescence 变红

3. 从前的(以前的,原来的,往昔)：pristine原来的,古时的,原始的 | erstwhile从前的(以前的,原来的,往昔) | intimidationn. 恐吓,威胁

4. 过去的：踏上 embark on | 过去的 erstwhile | 可观的发展 substantial headway

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

近义词

临近词

formerly以前

erst 以前

once一次

at one time曾经

old老的

previous以前的

one-time一次的

ex【商】在 ... 交货，...

earlier早的

former前者的

past过

quondam过去的

onetime从前的

sometime以前的

erst

erudite

相关列句

Many of his erstwhile friends and associates have already confessed to wrongdoing.(许多他的故友和相关人员已经承认了。)

Its most recent replacement, "emerging economies", already seems out of date, as some erstwhile star performers, such as Argentina, submerge.(大部分往昔的“新兴经济体”如阿根廷和沦落的往昔领导国家一样，开始日渐沉沦。)

Of course, this approach assumes that you do have other erstwhile bosses and colleagues who would be happy to give you a glowing recommendation.(当然，这种方法有一个假设的前提：你得有其他前上司和同事愿意热情洋溢地你。)

I was traveling with a translator and two of her friends, erstwhile guides.(与我同行的有一个翻译和她的两个朋友，那两个人以前都是导游。)

Before and after leaving Russia in 2000, Litvinenko accused his erstwhile colleagues-and Mr Putin, the agency's former boss-of horrific crimes.(在利特维年科2000年离开俄罗斯之前与之后，他指控以前的同事以及情报机构的前老板普京，说他们罪行累累。)

Now he's found that his erstwhile allies in Congress and Europe want nothing to do with them.(现在他发现他曾经的盟友对此什么都不想做。)

Her stern words for Europe assuaged worries that a former French finance minister would be too cosy with her erstwhile colleagues.(她对欧洲的严厉措辞缓解了外界对于前任法国财长会讨好昔日同事的担忧。)

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。)

In embracing Einstein, our century took leave of a prior universe and an erstwhile God.(因为信奉了爱因斯坦，我们的世纪告别了原有的宇宙和上帝。)

His erstwhile friends turned against him.(他先前的朋友转而与他作对。)