former 

  1. 形容詞
前任的
從前的, 以前的
早前的, 舊時的
(兩者中)前者的, 在前的
一度的

    同義字詞
erstwhile,late,old,once,onetime,other,past,quondam,sometime,whilom
antecedent,anterior,foregoing,precedent,preceding,previous,prior

  2. 名詞
形成者, 構成者
起形成作用的人
樣板, 模型
/以上複數為"formers"/
限定單數the former:
前者
前一個
限定單數可數名詞:
a shadow of ...(主詞: 人)'s former self/
a ghost of ...(主詞: 人)'s former self:

    
                        
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                                Brock isn't the only former foe to have embraced her.                            
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                                But arsenic poisoning was not limited to former eras.                            
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                                He ordered the former chief to surrender his passport .                            
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                                The former MEA (Middle East–Africa) Region was disbanded.                            
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                                Hull's only remaining input was the former School of Art.                            
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