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单词 erstwhile
释义
erstwhile
adjective[before noun]
formal
uk
/ˈɜːst.waɪl/us
/ˈɝːst.waɪl/
previous
以前的，先前的；过去的
Synonym
former
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Before, after and already
  • advance
  • afore
  • afterwards
  • already
  • ante
  • as it isidiom
  • before
  • gone
  • in advanceidiom
  • in advance ofsomething/someoneidiom
  • in the wake ofsomethingidiom
  • next
  • prologue
  • quondam
  • second-wave
  • secondarily
  • secondary
  • shortly
  • the next but oneidiom
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(Definition oferstwhilefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
Examples from literature
  • Also, there were comings and goings, and the erstwhile placid atmosphere of the cabin was vexed with strange perturbations and unrest.
  • Besides, he sought only the obscure hotels, where he was not likely to meet any of his erstwhile fellow passengers.
  • In the first place, one of our erstwhile opponents is fighting against a much stronger enemy.
  • The erstwhile amorous fiancée, who could hardly wait until marriage to test her lover, became now the wife and mother who hardly wished to be touched by her husband.
  • This ghostly encroachment on our erstwhile quiet domain has had more than one inconvenient result.

Examplesoferstwhile

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Soerstwhilevoluntary donors might well cease to donate.
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The strategy may provide short-term visible gains in a reported and applauded 'presence' of women in negotiations and may usefully highlight theirerstwhile-unnoticed absence.
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But it is illegitimate to conclude that theerstwhilelosers are all still losers.
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The soundserstwhiledestined for heaven do not go to waste today; instead they are reflected back towards us as audience.
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Spurred by scientific materialism, matter was encroaching on theerstwhilepreserve of spirit.
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The border separated many schools and colleges from theirerstwhilecatchment areas.
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It is less so in the 1940s and 1950s, when theerstwhilerebels have themselves become the establishment.
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She describes the stigma, the exclusion and rejection which hererstwhilefriends and neighbours visited on her.
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The main clause status of theerstwhilecomplements could be a sign of their nuclearity in the discourse.
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Either eventuality would cast doubt on the value of a housewife'serstwhilecontribution to the marriage and her status within it.
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This complicated structure dividederstwhileopponents of government action, but it also divided advocates.
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In fact, the memory of ballet'serstwhileoneness with the lyric genres had not even receded completely.
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In the meantime, as elsewhere,erstwhileplan advocates found careers in government, public institutions or private enterprise.
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Theerstwhilewinners are still winners : they will win under those ranking permutations that put the original constraints at the top.
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Revenge was directed againsterstwhilefriends as well as professed enemies.
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