单词：erstwhile
音标：['ә:stwail] ；
柯林斯词典等级：1 级；
adv. 以前, 往昔地
a. 以前的, 往昔的
a. 以前的, 往昔的
s. belonging to some prior time
考试类型：[GRE]
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erstwhile的用法和样例：
例句
用作形容词(adj.)
- His erstwhile friends turned against him.他先前的朋友转而与他作对。
- This erstwhile schoolmaster had discovered a way of keeping us quiet in the evenings.这位往昔的老师找到了一种让我们晚上安静下来的方法。
经典引文
His hair was frizzed and much lighter than erstwhile.
出自：W. GoldingThe conservative will find the practice of politics as difficult as he has erstwhile found its theory.
出自：R. Scruton
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