erstwhile是什么意思_音标_用法_例句

简单释义：

adj. 以前的；先前的；过去的；往昔的

adv. 往昔

Web 从前的；昔日的；以往以前的

变形：

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完整释义：

adv.

1.从前,往昔

adj.

1.以前的,从前的,原来的

例句：

1. It is the so-called city of dreams that counts some of the greatest luminaries of music and art among its erstwhile inhabitants.
   维也纳堪称梦幻之都，一些最伟大的音乐家和艺术大师都曾经居住在这里。

2. We were delighted to discover a new community garden where erstwhile had been a trash-filled vacant lot.
   我们欣喜地在过去曾被垃圾填充的空地上发现了一个新的社区花园。

3. In the wake of erstwhile acquisitive operators like the UK's Vodafone, China Mobile is now planning a shopping spree.
   继英国沃达丰（Vodafone）之类老牌的“贪婪运营商”偃旗息鼓之后，现在，中国移动（ChinaMobile）正计划大举收购。

4. Hilary Clinton's status as an erstwhile Obama rival might undermine the traditional trump card of a secretary of state.
   作为奥巴马前竞争对手，希拉里·克林顿可能使国务卿这一职位的王牌地位受到动摇。

5. 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。

6. Jaime Rascone is no different than the rest of us in that the erstwhile DJ needs to grab the occasional odd job to make ends meet.
   杰米拉斯康恩和我们其余人并无不同，这昔日的主持人（DJ）靠偶尔打打杂工才能维持生计。

7. The erstwhile Cinderella Man got knocked out of the ring.
   昔日灰姑娘的人得到了淘汰环。

8. A fortune teller remembers an old prophecy that the son of her erstwhile lover must be bricked up alive in order for the fortress to stand.
   一个算命者想起从前的一个预言，那就是必须把她以前情人的儿子砌在墙里城堡才能建好。