- Adverb
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1. at a previous time;
- "once he loved her"
- "her erstwhile writing"
- synonym： once，at one time，erstwhile，erst
- 1. Formerly [In the past] the place was a heap of ruins.
- 当初这里是一片废墟。
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 2. Formerly he often lingered about [around] a park, doing nothing.
- 从前他时常在公园里逛荡，无所事事。
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 3. Formerly he often lingered about a park doing nothing.
- 从前他一直在公园闲荡，无所事事。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. Formerly he often lingered around a park doing nothing.
- 从前他一直在公园闲荡，无所事事。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. Formerly most of our household utensils were made of brass.
- 以前我们家庭用的器皿多数是用黄铜做的。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 6. I know him well because he was formerly my fellow worker.
- 我所以对他熟悉，是因为我和他一起工作过。
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 7. Less people study Latin today than formerly.
- 现在学习拉丁语的人比以前少。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 8. The British were formerly dominant in India.
- 英国人从前统治印度。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 9. The formerly [once] barren land has been changed into stretches of fertile fields.
- 昔日的荒地今天成了良田。
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 10. This boat was formerly used on the rivers of China.
- 这船从前航行在中国内河里。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 11. This formerly inaccessible place can now be reached by road and rail.
- 这里过去是穷乡僻壤，现在铁路公路都畅通了。
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 12. We now enjoy these comforts of which formerly we had only heard.
- 我们现在享受到了过去只是听说过的那些舒适条件。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 13. What was formerly a sandbank has now become fertile paddy fields.
- 原来的沙滩如今变成了米粮川。
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
