【former音标】 英[ˈfɔ:mə(r)] 美[ˈfɔ:rmər]
【单词释义】 former是什么意思：
adj.以前的，从前的；在前的；前任的
n.模型，样板；构成者，创造者；起形成作用的人；[无线]线圈架
[单词分级] 高考英语词汇
[单词复数] formers
【关联词/派生词】
form v. 形成；构成 n.形状，形式；表格
format n.格式；设计 v.使格式化；设计…的版面
formation n.形成；构成；组成物；形成物
formerly adv.以前，从前；原来，原先
formative adj.形成的；造型的；[语]构词用的
【former形近词/近似词】
steamer n.蒸汽机；汽船，轮船；蒸锅；蒸笼
farmer n.农场主，农民
customer n.顾客；主顾
transformer n.变压器；（计算机）转换器
performer n.执行者；表演者；演员
【单词例句】
◇ The vase used to belong to a former castle. But when the country was at war, the enemy troops exploded the castle. Debates on how the vase survived went on and on.
这个花瓶曾经属于一座从前的城堡，但在战争期间，敌人的军队炸毁了城堡，于是关于这个花瓶是如何幸存下来的争论就一直在持续着。
---- A Brave Maid
◇ With them they brought the words fall and autumn, and while the former fell out of fashion overseas, it solidified itself in the local vernacular by the time America won its independence.
他们将fall和autumn带到了北美大陆，尽管前者fall在大洋彼岸已经不再流行，但是它却在美国获得独立之前在当地方言中站稳了脚跟。
---- The reason why Americans refer to Autumn as fall?
◇ Shao Zhonglin, former deputy secretary-general of the China Express Association, noted they were useful "over a short range".
中国快递协会原副秘书长邵钟林说，它们在“短距离内”是有用处的。
---- 'Little yellow horse' robot delivers useful service in China
◇ "This is an extremely positive thing to do," said Charles Foster, chairman of US China Partnerships in Houston, Texas, and former chairman of the Asia Society Texas Center.
位于美国德克萨斯州休斯顿的美中合作委员会主席查尔斯•福斯特说：“这件事情有非常积极的作用。”他还曾担任亚洲协会德克萨斯中心主席。