erstwhile

英 [ˈɜːstwaɪl]

美 [ˈɜːrstwaɪl]

adj.  以前的; 先前的; 过去的; 往昔的

GRE

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
  1. an erstwhile opponent
     以前的对手
  2. His erstwhile friends turned against him.
     他先前的朋友转而与他作对。

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.
  1. Erstwhile workers may have become managers...
     过去的工人可能已经成了经理。
  2. 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。

英英释义

adv

• at a previous time
  1. at one time he loved her
  2. her erstwhile writing
  3. she was a dancer once
  Synonym:onceformerlyat one timeerst

双语例句

• His erstwhile leftwing coalition allies and, it is widely believed, the more populist impulses of senior Congress politicians including Mrs Gandhi, have curbed his push for financial sector reforms.
  他从前的左翼同盟政党、以及（人们普遍认为）包括索尼娅甘地在内的国大党高层更加民粹主义的倾向，都遏制了辛格推行金融业改革的努力。
• Meanwhile, the number of online fashionistas accusing erstwhile favourite Sienna Miller of getting dressed in the dark thanks to her Wight outfit of gym shorts, vest and crushed suede boots was in the double digits.
  同时，网上几十位时尚人士都指责说，都是因为她在怀特岛上穿了体操短裤、背心和皱巴巴的皮靴，他们以前的至爱西耶娜米勒（siennamiller）也开始穿黑色了。
• Both are in better shape than their erstwhile rivals.
  他们的情况比以前的竞争对手都要好。
• 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。
• Before the book was published I had to rewrite it because in the meantime, the computer Deep Blue beat the erstwhile human world champion, Gary Kasparov.
  在我的书出版之前，我不得不重写，因为与此同时，计算机”深蓝“击败了昔日人类世界冠军加里卡斯帕罗夫。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• An erstwhile US policy maker once asked China to be a 'responsible stakeholder'.
  某位美国前高级官员曾经要求中国成为一个‘负责任的利益攸关方’。
• 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。