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erstwhile

美 [ˈɜːrstwaɪl]英 [ˈɜːstwaɪl]
  • adj.过去的;往昔;先前的
  • adv.往昔
erstwhileerstwhile

adj.

only before noun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。

erstwhile

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    ADJ 以往的;往昔的
    You use erstwhile to 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。

adv

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at a previous time
at one time he loved her
her erstwhile writing
she was a dancer once
Synonym: once formerly at one time erst

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  1. Erstwhile workers may have become managers

    过去的工人可能已经成了经理。

  2. 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。

  3. His erstwhile friends turned against him .

    他先前的朋友转而与他作对。

  4. 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。

  5. But many of those erstwhile alien products now bear Chinese brand names .

    但如今,曾经的舶来品中出现了许多中国品牌。

  6. 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。

  7. 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’。

  8. He began by asking their erstwhile partner Ron Wayne to design a case .

    他第一步便是请以前的合伙人罗恩·韦恩设计一个箱子。

  9. I was traveling with a translator and two of her friends , erstwhile guides .

    与我同行的有一个翻译和她的两个朋友,那两个人以前都是导游。

  10. 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。

  11. 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。

  12. 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。

  13. Like some other erstwhile true believers , he became one of most cogent critics of his former faith .

    如同昔日的某些真正信徒一样,他也成为其原有信仰最有力的批判者之一。

  14. It is neither likely nor desirable that much of the recovery in private demand will come from the US or other erstwhile deficit country .

    指望私人需求的复苏大部分来自美国或昔日其它赤字国,既不可能也不可取。

  15. Another important Kafka site that is now a hotel is the erstwhile insurance office where Kafka worked from 1908 to 1922 ;

    另一处与卡夫卡有关的主要景点,是卡夫卡1908年到1922年工作过的保险公司,不过那里现在已是一家酒店;

  16. 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。

  17. Erstwhile spammers are also making use of online-coupon services such as Groupon ( grpn ) .

    此外,昔日的垃圾邮件制作者还在利用团购网站Groupon等在线优惠券服务。

  18. 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。

  19. 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。

  20. The engineering practice shows that the model is easy to use and can reflect the axial-flow fan 's real static and dynamic performance better than the erstwhile purely experiential model .

    工程实际应用表明:该模型易于使用,静态和动态变工况性能与原经验型仿真模型相比,能更好地反映实际风机的特性。

  21. Of course , this approach assumes that you do have other erstwhile bosses and colleagues who would be happy to give you a glowing recommendation .

    当然,这种方法有一个假设的前提:你得有其他前上司和同事愿意热情洋溢地推荐你。

  22. It 's easy to sympathise : the erstwhile masters of the universe seem to have forgotten the meaning of both moral and hazard .

    这很容易让人同情:过去的宇宙主宰者(mastersoftheuniverse)们似乎忘记了道德和风险的涵义。

  23. Jaime Rascone is no different than the rest of us in that the erstwhile DJ needs to grab the occasional odd job to make ends meet .

    杰米·拉斯康恩与我们并没有什么不同,这位往昔的唱片骑师只有靠打打零工才能勉强维持生计。

  24. Thanks to company shutdowns , Palo Alto the erstwhile Mecca of masculinity is now just 49 percent male .

    由于公司倒闭,帕洛阿尔托从前充满阳刚之气的圣地目前的男性人口比例仅49%。

  25. 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。

  26. 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。

  27. So it seemed odd last year when the British merchant took over ten superstores from Best Buy , itself an erstwhile disrupter ( in electronics ) .

    然而奇怪的是,这个英国网络零售商去年从百思买接手十家超级商铺(大型实体商铺),巧合的是百思买在电子零售业也曾极具颠覆性。

  28. 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。

  29. 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。

  30. Tiny Times 4.0 is an anti-climax that brings an erstwhile controversial and cacophonous cinematic juggernaut to a whimpering close .

    《小时代4》是一部反高潮的电影,将前作的种种争议与尖锐的评论,引向了一个冷冷清清的悲悯结局。