erstwhile
erstwhile 英 [ˈɜ:stwaɪl] 美 [ˈɜrstwaɪl]
adj. 以前的；从前的；往昔的 adv. 以前；往昔地
- If your dad used to play in a punk band, but is now a computer programmer, you could call him an erstwhile punk rocker. Erstwhile means "former."
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- adj. 以前的；从前的；往昔的
- adv. 以前；往昔地
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1. Both are in better shape than their erstwhile rivals.
他们的情况比以前的竞争对手都要好。
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2. 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。
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3. The corpses of the erstwhile automobile empires would have breathed their last, their good assets now transferred to the hands of newer more responsible entrepreneurs.
从前的汽车帝国的尸体已经断气，它们的优良资产应该已转移到那些新的有责任感的企业家手中。
- erstwhile (adv.) 1560s, "formerly," from erst "first, at first; once, long ago; till now" (13c.), earlier erest from Old English ærest "soonest, earliest," superlative of ær (see ere) + while (adv.). As an adjective, "former," from 1903. Cognate with Old Saxon and Old High German erist, German erst.
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