erstwhile
美 [??rst?hwa?l] 
英 [???(r)stwa?l]
- adj.以前的；先前的；過去的；往昔的
- adv.往昔
- 網(wǎng)絡(luò)從前的；昔日的；以往以前的
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英漢雙解
1. | 以前的；先前的；過去的；往昔的former; that until recently was the type of person or thing described but is not any more |
| an erstwhile opponent 以前的對手 |
| His erstwhile friends turned against him. 他先前的朋友轉(zhuǎn)而與他作對。 |
英漢解釋
英英解釋
例句
The erstwhile prodigy had the best chance of her career to win this title, the only Grand Slam singles title she hasn't won.
這位昔日的天才選手曾有其網(wǎng)球生涯中奪得法網(wǎng)女單冠軍的最佳機(jī)會，這也是她唯一沒贏得過的大滿貫冠軍頭銜。
She was a successor to one of her erstwhile foils, Brendan Gill, and she alternated reviewing with another former target, Penelope Gilliatt.
她的前任是她從前的敵人布蘭頓·吉爾，和她輪流撰寫影評的是另一個昔日的目標(biāo)：佩萊娜裴·吉拉特。
So what prompted Mr Bush to come out with such a tough response against his erstwhile ally, after six days of dithering?
布什在不知所措了6天之后，發(fā)出如此強(qiáng)硬的回應(yīng)，這究竟是什么原因呢？
A fortune teller remembers an old prophecy that the son of her erstwhile lover must be bricked up alive in order for the fortress to stand.
一個算命者想起從前的一個預(yù)言，那就是必須把她以前情人的兒子砌在墻里城堡才能建好。
It's easy to sympathise: the erstwhile masters of the universe seem to have forgotten the meaning of both "moral" and "hazard" .
這很容易讓人同情：過去的宇宙主宰者（mastersoftheuniverse）們似乎忘記了“道德”和“風(fēng)險”的涵義。
We were delighted to discover a new community garden where erstwhile had been a trash-filled vacant lot.
我們欣喜地在過去曾被垃圾填充的空地上發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個新的社區(qū)花園。
The war is again becoming a potential deal-breaker for erstwhile Labour voters, as it was at the election of 2005.
這場戰(zhàn)爭再次成為原工黨支持者倒戈的潛在導(dǎo)火線，就如2005年大選一樣。
In the wake of erstwhile acquisitive operators like the UK's Vodafone, China Mobile is now planning a shopping spree.
繼英國沃達(dá)豐（Vodafone）之類老牌的“貪婪運(yùn)營商”偃旗息鼓之后，現(xiàn)在，中國移動（ChinaMobile）正計劃大舉收購。
Big Pharma is in big trouble, but it may yet find comfort in the arms of that erstwhile foe.
盡管大型藥廠遭遇大的困境，但是它們仍可以在與昔日對手的聯(lián)合中找到安慰。
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樣，他也成為其原有信仰最有力的批判者之一。
Hilary Clinton's status as an erstwhile Obama rival might undermine the traditional trump card of a secretary of state.
作為奧巴馬前競爭對手，希拉里·克林頓可能使國務(wù)卿這一職位的王牌地位受到動搖。
The former first lady and erstwhile presidential candidate will have no trouble attracting attention wherever she goes.
作為前第一夫人和總統(tǒng)候選人，希拉里走到哪里都能吸引足夠的眼球。
Her stern words for Europe assuaged worries that a former French finance minister would be too cosy with her erstwhile colleagues.
她對歐洲的嚴(yán)厲措辭緩解了外界對于前任法國財長會討好昔日同事的擔(dān)憂。
It is neither likely nor desirable that much of the recovery in private demand will come from the US or other erstwhile deficit country.
指望私人需求的復(fù)蘇大部分來自美國或昔日其它赤字國，既不可能也不可取。
The fall-out of the credit crunch saw big banks disappearing or forced into panicky mergers with erstwhile rivals.
信貸危機(jī)波及到幾家大銀行---要么關(guān)門；要么為了自保，不得不匆忙與從前的對手合并。
Short glory, followed by his erstwhile peers lynching me at every opportunity.
榮耀只是暫時的。后來，他以前的同僚都找盡機(jī)會折磨我。
It would have to depend on volunteer forces raised, officered, and manned by politicians and erstwhile civilians.
它必須依賴于由政治家和昔日平民志愿組織、充當(dāng)軍官和加入的部隊。
At a time when its erstwhile titans could do with displaying contrition, signs of hubris abound.
在目前華爾街的昔日巨頭們該顯示懺悔的時候，傲慢的跡象卻比比皆是。
Unlike rival and erstwhile suitor Google, Yahoo has been struggling to turn its dominant position on the web into comparable profits.
與自己曾經(jīng)的合作者現(xiàn)在的競爭對手谷歌不同，雅虎一直尋求著如何將自己在互聯(lián)網(wǎng)的統(tǒng)治地位轉(zhuǎn)化為客觀的收入。
It is the so-called city of dreams that counts some of the greatest luminaries of music and art among its erstwhile inhabitants.
維也納堪稱夢幻之都，一些最偉大的音樂家和藝術(shù)大師都曾經(jīng)居住在這里。
BANKERS, erstwhile masters of the financial universe, are not used to being spoken down to.
銀行家，過去金融世界的主宰，還不習(xí)慣屈尊降貴。
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.
杰米拉斯康恩和我們其余人并無不同，這昔日的主持人（DJ）靠偶爾打打雜工才能維持生計。
In the summer of 2005, the tension between Waldo and the scientists who had taken over his erstwhile paradise began to mount.
在2005年夏天，科學(xué)家誰接管了瓦爾多昔日的天堂并開始改裝它，由此他們之間的關(guān)系變得緊張起來。
In embracing Einstein, our century took leave of a prior universe and an erstwhile God.
因為信奉了愛因斯坦，我們的世紀(jì)告別了原有的宇宙和上帝。
Depending heavily on massive monetary expansion and fiscal deficits in erstwhile high-spending countries will ultimately be unsustainable.
世界經(jīng)濟(jì)的復(fù)蘇如果嚴(yán)重依賴于昔日高消費(fèi)國家的大規(guī)模貨幣擴(kuò)張和財政赤字，那么它終將是不可維系的。
If policymakers leave commodities trading unattended, this erstwhile backwater could one day become a sea of economic troubles.
如果政策制定者們對大宗商品交易放任不管，這一昔日的回水可能有朝一日會變成經(jīng)濟(jì)的麻煩之海。
In recent weeks, their activities have become infrequent and their grip on most of their erstwhile strongholds has loosened.
在最近幾個星期，武裝分子的活動已變的稀少，他們對過去的據(jù)點(diǎn)控制也已經(jīng)逐漸瓦解了。
Panama is indeed now far removed from its erstwhile financial free-for-all. Its banks are highly regulated.
目前，巴拿馬的確正在脫離以往任何人可以購買金融商品的形象，各銀行受到高度規(guī)范。
The erstwhile Cinderella Man got knocked out of the ring.
昔日灰姑娘的人得到了淘汰環(huán)。
This erstwhile schoolmaster had discovered a way of keeping us quiet in the evenings.
這位往昔的老師找到了一種讓我們晚上安靜下來的方法。
Many of his erstwhile friends and associates have already confessed to wrongdoing.
許多他的故友和相關(guān)人員已經(jīng)承認(rèn)了。
Its erstwhile friend China, struggling to keep a grip on its restive regions, has expressed "concern" .
俄羅斯從前的友邦中國由于正努力控制自身的不穩(wěn)定地區(qū)，僅僅表達(dá)了“關(guān)注”。
Anyone who remembers the lackluster U. S. sales of the erstwhile 318i can see why BMW waited so long to bring back a small car.
任何記得過去318i那慘淡銷售量的人都能了解為什么寶馬在這么長時間之后再推出小型車。
Yet, under the pressure of the crisis itself, many erstwhile grasshopper colonies are being forced to become more "ant-like" .
然而，由于危機(jī)本身的壓力，許多昔日的蚱蜢窩正被迫變得“更像螞蟻”。
Administrators of Lehman's London arm are considering litigation against its erstwhile parent.
雷曼倫敦分公司的管理人員正在考慮與它從前的東家對簿公堂。
Meanwhile, some erstwhile Labour voters, who have until recently been disillusioned with the government, have been returning to the fold.
同時，有些工黨支持者直到最近都對現(xiàn)政府失去信心，但他們可能又恢復(fù)了對工黨信任。
But the Russian strategic reach has been limited by emerging realities, including the NATO membership of erstwhile Warsaw Pact states.
但俄戰(zhàn)略達(dá)成了有限的新興現(xiàn)實，包括該條約的國家加入北約的昔日華沙。
Erstwhile Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters's plan to shorten timetables for CAFE tightening.
昔日運(yùn)輸部長瑪麗體育彼得斯的計劃，以縮短時間表咖啡緊縮。
Continental Europeans want tighter constraints on the erstwhile titans of finance.
歐洲大陸希望對昔日的金融巨擘嚴(yán)加約束。
Now he's found that his erstwhile allies in Congress and Europe want nothing to do with them.
現(xiàn)在他發(fā)現(xiàn)他曾經(jīng)的盟友對此什么都不想做。
