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erst·while 英ˈɜːstˌhwaɪl, -ˌwaɪl美ˈɝstˌhwaɪl, -ˌwaɪlAHDûrstʹhwīl', -wīl' ★☆☆☆☆高四宝ＧCOCA²⁹⁸⁷⁷BNC¹⁸⁸⁴²iWeb²⁷³⁴⁵Economist¹¹⁶⁷⁷
基本英英词源记法近义反义例句Thesaurus例句
adj.从前的⁶³;往昔的³⁷
表先后
Adjective:
belonging to some prior time;erstwhile friend our former glory the once capital of the state her quondam lover
Adverb:
at a previous time;at one time he loved her her erstwhile writing she was a dancer once erst, 最早的，ere最高级。GRE红宝书erst = earliestadj 早的; 初期的erst读: 饿死他, whilen 一会儿conj 当...的时候; 虽然: 当饿死他的时候－那已经是从前的事了, 想想3年自然灾害...
ere, early 以前的 + while 一段时间GRE难词记忆erstwhile→erst在此以前+while n.时间→以前的erst在此以前+whilen.时间⇒以前的近义词 past过old老的once一次erst以前earlier早的former前者的formerly以前onetime从前的quondam过去的sometime以前的previous以前的one-time一次的at one time曾经ex商在 … 交货，…
形容词79%,名词21%
用作形容词Hiserstwhilefriends turned against him.他先前的朋友转而与他作对。
Thiserstwhileschoolmaster 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。adj.former
同义词 oncebygone,ex,late,old,one-time,past,preceding,previous,quondam,sometime
bygoneadjective in the past
ancient,antiquated,archaic,belated,dated,dead,defunct,departed,down memory lane,extinct,forgotten,former,gone,gone-by,in oblivion,late,lost,of old,of yore,old-fashioned,old-time,olden,oldfangled,one-time,out-of-date,previous,quondam,sometime,vanished,water over the dam,water under the bridge
formeradjective previous in time or order
above,aforementioned,aforesaid,ancient,antecedent,anterior,bygone,departed,earlier,erstwhile,ex-,first,foregoing,late,long gone,long-ago,of yore,old,once,one-time,past,preceding,prior,quondam,sometime,whilom
formerlyadverb previously in time or order
a while back,aforetime,already,anciently,at one time,away back,back,back when,before,before now,before this,down memory lane,earlier,eons ago,erewhile,erstwhile,heretofore,in former times,in the olden days,in the past,lately,long ago,of old,of yore,olden days,once,once upon a time,radically,some time ago,time was,used to be,water under the bridge
lateadjective dead
asleep,bygone,cold,deceased,defunct,departed,erstwhile,ex-,exanimate,extinct,former,inanimate,lifeless,old,once,onetime,past,preceding,previous,quondam,sometime
most previousadjective former, prior
antecedent,anterior,earlier,erstwhile,ex,foregoing,one-time,past,precedent,preceding,quondam,sometime
no longeradjective former, past
bygone,dead,deceased,defunct,erstwhile,ex-,extinct,former,late,obsolescent,obsolete,past,quondam As much as Wall Street’s erstwhile masters of the universe have helped to sully their own reputations, they remain less frowned upon than their handlers in Washington, DC.
尽管华尔街的昔日宇宙主人们如此程度地自己帮忙玷污他们自己的名誉，但和在华盛顿特区他们的监 管人员相比，他们还是获得较少的不满。 yeeyan
But the Bush Republicans have backed down so often on the domestic front that some of their erstwhile supporters wonder what they stand for, apart from winning elections.
但是支持布什的共和党人如此经常在内政交锋时打起退堂鼓，使得一些他们原来的支持者不知道除了胜选，他们支持什么立场。 ecocn
In a recent interview, an erstwhile hard-line leader, Rufi Etxeberria, bluntly told ETA it had to either embrace exclusively peaceful means or lose all relevance to Basque politics.
在最近的一次采访中,一个往昔作风强硬的领袖 Rufi Etxeberria明确告诉 ETA要么利用独特的和平手段，要么失去巴斯克政治得到的所有中肯。 yeeyan |