former1/ˋfɔrmɚ; ˈfɔːmə/adj [only before noun 仅用于名词前] happening, existing, or true in the past, but not now [→ present, previous] 以前的﹐从前的: former US president, Bill Clinton 美国前总统比尔∙克林顿the former Soviet Union 前苏联my former husband 我的前夫
former2n the formerformal the first of two things that you have just mentioned [ latter ]【正式】前者: Of the two theories, the former seems more likely. 在这两种看法中﹐前者似乎可能性更大。