1560s, "formerly," from erst "first, at first; once, long ago; till now" (13c.), earlier erest from Old English ærest "soonest, earliest," superlative of ær (see ere) + while (adv.). As an adjective, "former," from 1903. Cognate with Old Saxon and Old High German erist, German erst.
erstwhile 英文释义
1. belonging to some prior time;
"erstwhile friend"
"our former glory"
"the once capital of the state"
"her quondam lover"
erstwhile 双语例句
1. His erstwhile friends turned against him.
他先前的朋友转而与他作对。
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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。
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3. Erstwhile workers may have become managers.
过去的工人可能已经成了经理。
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4. Panama is indeed now far removed from its erstwhile financial free - for - all.
事实上,现在巴拿马金融业远非过去的来者不拒.
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5. 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.
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erstwhile 实用场景例句
an erstwhile opponent
以前的对手
牛津词典
His erstwhile friends turned against him.
他先前的朋友转而与他作对。
牛津词典
Erstwhile workers may have become managers...
过去的工人可能已经成了经理。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
The dominant features of today's economy is that erstwhile private borrowers are, it bluntly, bust.
当今经济的主要特点 —— 坦率的说 —— 是昔日的私人借款者已经破产.
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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.
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Continental Europeans want tighter constraints on the erstwhile titans of finance.
欧洲大陆希望对昔日的金融巨擘严加约束.
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This erstwhile schoolmaster had discovered a way of keeping us quiet in the evenings.
这位往昔的老师找到了一种让我们晚上安静下来的方法.
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One seems to need a dose of superiority to overcompensate for the erstwhile sense of inferiority.
昔日的低人一等看起来需要一剂“高人一头”的灵丹妙药要大肆弥补一下.
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Geographic location, education and the erstwhile caste system being some of the key factors.
其中重要的几个因素是地理位置 、 所受教育和过去的等级制度.
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As to its characteristic, by reading text, it analyses the oriental _ western culturals, and transcends erstwhile nationalism.
