former

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former 是什么意思

中文释义

a. 从前的, 前者的

n. 起形成作用的人(或物), 模型, 样板

英文释义

n. the first of two or the first mentioned of two

a. referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned (or the earlier one or ones of several); I prefer the former version to the latter one"

s. (used especially of persons) of the immediate past

former 的真实例句

以下例句摘自真实英文文章，看看 former 在自然语境里怎么用：

Rumors spread on social media that the elderly former astronautical engineer had been abducted or killed.

—— The Single Dumbest Conspiracy Theory of 2026

Liquid-like versus stress-driven dynamics in a metallic glass former observed by temperature scanning X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy.

—— Length-scale dependence of the anomalous atomic motion in metallic glasses

The painters who became Abstract Expressionists—many of them former New Deal artists themselves—rejected the sentimentality of “American scene” art.

—— Masterpieces of the New Deal

The MIT physicist was murdered by a former classmate who also shot and killed two undergraduates at Brown University.

—— The Single Dumbest Conspiracy Theory of 2026

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