erstwhile
英 [ˈɜːstwaɪl]
美 [ˈɜːrstwaɪl]
adj. 以前的; 先前的; 过去的; 往昔的
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- an erstwhile opponent
以前的对手 - His erstwhile friends turned against him.
他先前的朋友转而与他作对。
- an erstwhile opponent
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.- Erstwhile workers may have become managers...
过去的工人可能已经成了经理。 - 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。
- Erstwhile workers may have become managers...
英英释义
adv
- at a previous time
- at one time he loved her
- her erstwhile writing
- she was a dancer once
双语例句
- 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。 - In1969, Frampton left the Herd to form the harder-rocking Humble Pie with erstwhile Small Faces frontman Steve Marriott.
1969年,弗兰普顿离开了羊群,形成昔日小面主唱史蒂夫万豪越难摇摆忍辱含垢。 - Tony Blair his friend and erstwhile boss, who takes the hot seat soon will have bee watching n anxiously.
作为他的朋友和过去的老板托尼布莱尔(TonyBlair),不久将如坐针毡,并将一直焦急地关注此事。 - Ideally, these would be people to whom you reported, but erstwhile peers and others ( satisfied clients, for example) will do in a pinch.
理想情况下,这些人应该是你的直接上司,如果没有的话,以前的同事和其他人(比如对你很满意的客户)也凑合。 - 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。 - By contrast, Britain and its erstwhile EU partners would have to decide quickly how people on the wrong side of newly erected barriers to the free movement of labour should be treated.
相比之下,英国与之前的欧盟伙伴必须迅速作出决定,为身处因劳动力自由流动而新竖立起来的壁垒错误一边的人们应当得到怎样的待遇。 - 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。 - This, in turn, will require achieving three things: avoiding a headlong collapse in demand; restructuring the balance sheets of financial institutions and overindebted households; and rebalancing global demand away from erstwhile deficit countries, towards habitual creditor countries.
这进而要求做到三件事:避免需求直线暴跌;对金融机构和负债过多家庭的资产负债表进行重组;以及调整全球需求平衡,将需求从此前的贸易赤字国家转至传统上的债权国。 - 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。 - 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。