單詞
former
英 ['f??m?]
美['f?rm?]
基本信息
- adj. 從前的，前者的；前任的
- n. 模型，樣板；起形成作用的人
- n. (Former)人名；(法)福爾梅；(德、捷)福爾默
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中文詞源
former 先前的
來自古英語forma的比較級，來自PIE*pre-mo, 最早的，*pre-, 在先，詞源同far, *mo, 最高級后綴，詞源同intimate, ultimate. 該詞實際上是最高級的比較級。比較foremost.
英文詞源
- former
- former: [12] Former is a comparative form based on Middle English forme ‘first (in time or order)’, on the analogy of the superlative foremost [16] (which was originally formost [12]; the modern spelling came about through association with fore and most). Forme itself goes back to Old English forma, which was a descendant of a prehistoric Germanic superlative from derived from *fora ‘before’ (whence also English first, for, and fore). So untangling the suffixal accretions of centuries, former means etymologically ‘more most before’.
=> first, for, fore, primary - former (adj.)
- "earlier in time," mid-12c., comparative of forme "first, earliest in time or order," from Old English forma "first," from Proto-Germanic *fruma-, *furma-, from PIE *pre-mo-, suffixed (superlative) form of root *per- (1) "forward, through; before; first" (see per). Probably patterned on formest (see foremost); it is an unusual case of a comparative formed from a superlative (the Old English -m is a superlative suffix). As "first of two," 1580s.
- former (n.)
- "one who gives form," mid-14c., agent noun from form (v.). The Latin agent noun was formator.
雙語例句
- 1. The unemployed executives include former sales managers, directors and accountants.
- 被解雇的管理人員包括前銷售經理、主管和會計。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. A former associate of Mr. Pierce's was among the project's boosters.
- 皮爾斯先生的一個前合伙人是這個計劃的熱心支持者之一。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The former owner had not left any forwarding address.
- 以前的房主沒有留下任何轉遞地址。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The airline plans to auction its international routes to former competitors.
- 這家航空公司打算把他們的國際線路拍賣給以前的競爭對手。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. One former director embezzled $34 million in company funds.
- 一名前主管挪用了3,400萬美元的公司資金。
來自柯林斯例句