erstwhile信息详情

erstwhile发音

意思翻译

adv.以前;往昔地

adj.以前的;从前的;往昔的

相似词语短语

erewhile───adv.片刻前;不久前

erewhiles───艾瑞威利斯

estoile───n.有六个波形尖角的星

arctophile───n.泰迪熊收集者

dreamwhile───n.梦所持续的时间,做梦时间

worthwhile───adj.重要的;令人愉快的;有趣的;值得(花时间、金钱、努力等)的;有价值的,有益的;值得做的

gerontophile───n.嗜耄癖

intersterile───adj.互交不孕的

Castile───n.卡斯提尔(西班牙古国);橄榄香皂

双语使用场景

His erstwhile friends turned against him.───他先前的朋友转而与他作对。

He fled to Brazil with Gloria Lopez, an erstwhile friend of his wife's.───他和他妻子以前的一个朋友葛洛莉亚·洛佩兹一起逃往巴西。

So what leverage does Turkey actually have over its erstwhile Ottoman dominion?───因此,土耳其真正对它昔日奥斯曼帝国的领地拥有什么样的影响呢?

The erstwhile prodigy had the best chance of her career to win this title, the only Grand Slam singles title she hasn't won.───这位昔日的天才选手曾有其网球生涯中夺得法网女单冠军的最佳机会,这也是她唯一没赢得过的大满贯冠军头衔。

She was a successor to one of her erstwhile foils, Brendan Gill, and she alternated reviewing with another former target, Penelope Gilliatt.───她的前任是她从前的敌人布兰顿·吉尔,和她轮流撰写影评的是另一个昔日的目标:佩莱娜裴·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,发出如此强硬的回应,这究竟是什么原因呢?

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.───一个算命者想起从前的一个预言,那就是必须把她以前情人的儿子砌在墙里城堡才能建好。

It's easy to sympathise: the erstwhile masters of the universe seem to have forgotten the meaning of both "moral" and "hazard" .───这很容易让人同情:过去的宇宙主宰者(mastersoftheuniverse)们似乎忘记了“道德”和“风险”的涵义。

We were delighted to discover a new community garden where erstwhile had been a trash-filled vacant lot.───我们欣喜地在过去曾被垃圾填充的空地上发现了一个新的社区花园。

英语使用场景

But have the erstwhile long stay patients swelled the ranks of homeless people?

He has won over many of his erstwhile critics.

Will the erstwhile crimson-lipped peroxide devil-doll, the very anti-Madonna, be raging with paranoia and brutal honesty on her next record?

She found herself ostracized by erstwhile friends.

His erstwhile friends turned against him.

He fled to America with Phyllis Burton, an erstwhile friend of his wife's.

In a written order, Yeltsin charged his erstwhile buddy with slandering the president and his family and disclosing state secrets.

With her erstwhile host's kind permission, she reminded herself bitterly.

What were your options when an erstwhile love returned?