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erstwhile

英 [ˈɜːstwaɪl]

美 [ˈɜːrstwaɪl]

adj.  以前的; 先前的; 过去的; 往昔的

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.14300 / COCA.18074

牛津词典

    adj.

    • 以前的;先前的;过去的;往昔的
      former; that until recently was the type of person or thing described but is not any more
      1. an erstwhile opponent
        以前的对手
      2. His erstwhile friends turned against him.
        他先前的朋友转而与他作对。

    柯林斯词典

    • ADJ 以往的;往昔的
      You useerstwhileto describe someone that used to be the type of person indicated, but no longer is.
      1. Erstwhile workers may have become managers...
        过去的工人可能已经成了经理。
      2. 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。

    英英释义

    adv

    双语例句

    • If policymakers leave commodities trading unattended, this erstwhile backwater could one day become a sea of economic troubles.
      如果政策制定者们对大宗商品交易放任不管,这一昔日的回水可能有朝一日会变成经济的麻烦之海。
    • His erstwhile leftwing coalition allies and, it is widely believed, the more populist impulses of senior Congress politicians including Mrs Gandhi, have curbed his push for financial sector reforms.
      他从前的左翼同盟政党、以及(人们普遍认为)包括索尼娅甘地在内的国大党高层更加民粹主义的倾向,都遏制了辛格推行金融业改革的努力。
    • Imposing one-sided adjustment on erstwhile debtors will not work.
      让昔日债务人单方面调整不会有多大效果。
    • Yet, under the pressure of the crisis itself, many erstwhile grasshopper colonies are being forced to become more ant-like.
      然而,由于危机本身的压力,许多昔日的蚱蜢窝正被迫变得更像蚂蚁。
    • 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。
    • Erstwhile spammers are also making use of online-coupon services such as Groupon ( grpn).
      此外,昔日的垃圾邮件制作者还在利用团购网站Groupon等在线优惠券服务。
    • Its erstwhile parent was quick to follow China Merchants in successfully pushing for a new licence based on its history, and managed to obtain approvals for five provinces.
      它的前任母公司迅速效仿了中国商会,根据中国商会的的历史奋力为自己争取了一个新的执照,并成功取得了在五个省份的经营许可。
    • The value of the foreign assets of core countries would fall, their new currencies would soar relative to erstwhile partners and their economies shrink.
      核心国家国外资产的价值将会下滑,它们的新本币相对昔日伙伴国新本币的汇率将会飙升,它们的经济将会萎缩。
    • It's easy to sympathise: the erstwhile masters of the universe seem to have forgotten the meaning of both moral and hazard.
      这很容易让人同情:过去的宇宙主宰者(mastersoftheuniverse)们似乎忘记了道德和风险的涵义。
    • He praised the prime minister for bringing Russia out of the chaos of the Boris Yeltsin years, taking a dig at his erstwhile political opponent.
      相反,他称赞普京带领俄罗斯走出了鲍里斯叶利钦(BorisYeltsin)年代的混乱,借机讽刺了一下昔日的政治对手。