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formicula = form(形状) + ic(…的) + ula(名词) = 形成的东西的→公式

formulation = formul(形状) + ate(表动词) + ion(表名词) =

+ 物品

absorber = ab(表加强) + sorb(吸收) + er(物品) = 吸收器

containerization = con(共同) + tain(拿住) + er(物品) + ization(…化) = 共同拿住物品的过程→集装箱化

物品的形状→模型,样板

[ˈfɔrmər]
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    former

    常考释义

    • adj. 以前的
    变形词
    • 复数 formers
    托福常考例句

    Was the former center, the one in the north smaller than the new one in the south?

    以前那个中心,就是北方那个,比南方要小咯?

    来源于:听力OFFICIAL52 L4
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    • adj. 以前的

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      This beautiful old building has been retored to its former glory.

      这座美丽的老建筑物已恢复了昔日的壮观。

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      情景例句

      This time it was a former classmate of yours.

      这次的凶手是你以前的同学。

      来自《犯罪心理 第9季第11集》

      图片源自网络

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      托福考试例句

      Was the former center, the one in the north smaller than the new one in the south?

      以前那个中心,就是北方那个,比南方要小咯?

      来源于:听力OFFICIAL52 L6

      Translocation clearly has a role in the recovery of species that have substantially declined and is the most likely method by which many sedentary species can recover all or part of their former range.

      物种迁移在经历过大量减少的物种中起到重要的帮助恢复作用,它还是可以帮助很多定居的物种完全或者部分恢复原有规模的最有效办法。

      来源于:阅读OFFICIAL37 P2

      Raised beaches are remnants of former coastlines at higher levels relative to the present shoreline and visible, for instance, along the Californian coast north of San Francisco.

      海滩高地是相较于现在的海岸线来说,过去较高海岸线的遗迹,并且可以看得见,例如,旧金山北部的加利福尼亚海岸。

      来源于:阅读OFFICIAL49 P1

      The height of a raised beach above the present shoreline, however, does not generally give a straightforward indication of the height of a former sea level.

      但是,现在沿海地带上的海滩高地的高度,并不能为过去海平面的高度(估算)提供直接的线索。

      来源于:阅读OFFICIAL49 P1

      About a year after the opening of the first Kinetoscope parlor in 1894, showmen such as Louis and Auguste Lumiere, Thomas Armat and Charles Francis Jenkins, and Orville and Woodville Latham (with the assistance of Edison's former assistant, William Dickson) perfected projection devices.

      在 1894 年电影放映机公布的一年之后,摄影师如 Louis 和 Auguste Lumiere,Thomas Armat, Charles Francis Jenkins,Orville 和 Woodville Latham 以及爱迪生先前的助手 William Dickson 将投影设备设计的更加完善。

      来源于:阅读OFFICIAL2 P3

      When this occurs, the first step has been taken toward theater as an autonomous activity, and thereafter entertainment and aesthetic values may gradually replace the former mystical and socially efficacious concerns.

      这时侯,戏剧做为一种自发的活动迈出了自己的第一步,接着,戏剧的娱乐和审美价值开始渐渐取代先前的带有神话色彩的、在社会上灵验的关注。

      来源于:阅读OFFICIAL1 P2

      In lowland country almost any spot on the ground may overlie what was once the bed of a river that has since become buried by soil; if they are now below the water’s upper surface (the water table), the gravels and sands of the former riverbed, and its sandbars, will be saturated with groundwater.

      低地区域上的任何位置可能就是曾经的河床,后续被土壤覆盖而变成现在的样子;如果那些过去的河床和沙洲现在位于地下水位之下,一定会有大量的地下水浸在它们的沙子和砾石之间。

      来源于:阅读OFFICIAL1 P1
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    • adj. 前任的

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      He's a former army officer.

      他曾经是名陆军军官。

      He pleaded not guilty to murdering his former wife.

      他不承认谋杀了自己的前妻。

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      情景例句

      Former mayor, Dawn Bellwether is behind bars today.

      前任市长晨曦·头羊已入狱。

      来自《疯狂动物城》

      图片源自网络

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      托福考试例句

      Let's say a boss is asked to write a letter of recommendation for a former employee seeking an engineering job.

      我们假设,一位员工为了找到新工作,向他的前任雇主请求写一封推荐信。

      来源于:听力OFFICIAL20 L2
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    • pron. (两者中的)前者,前一个

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      If forced to choose, I would go for the former.

      如果必须作出选择的话,我会选择前者。

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      托福考试例句

      We must distinguish, at this point, between two different stellar types: Population I and Population ll, the latter being much older than the former.

      就此,我们必须区分两种不同的恒星类型:星族I和星族II,后者比前者的年龄要更大。

      来源于:阅读OFFICIAL50 P3

      The former is termed reintroduction and the latter reinforcement.

      前者的术语是物种再引入,后者的术语是物种再强化。

      来源于:阅读OFFICIAL37 P2

      If the former are greater, the lake is a surface-water-dominated lake; if the latter, it is a seepage-dominated lake.

      如果主要是前者决定,那么湖泊就是一个表面水主导的湖,如果是后者,那么它就是一个渗透水主导的湖。

      来源于:阅读OFFICIAL24 P1

      Translocation clearly has a role in the recovery of species that have substantially declined and is the most likely method by which many sedentary species can recover all or part of their former range.

      物种迁移在经历过大量减少的物种中起到重要的帮助恢复作用,它还是可以帮助很多定居的物种完全或者部分恢复原有规模的最有效办法。

      来源于:阅读OFFICIAL37 P2
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    • adj. (两者中)前者的<正式>

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      The former option would be much more sensible.

      前一种选择要明智得多。

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    • n. 模型,样板;起形成作用的人

  • 同义词

    adj.先前的;在先的<正式>; (时间上)先前的,早先的; (时间上)先前的,早先的; 过去的; 先前的;过去的;以往的;

    反义词

    pron. 后者(与“前者”相对);

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