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
s. belonging to some prior time

考试类型:[GRE]
词性分布:
形容词94%
副词6%

erstwhile的用法和样例:

例句

用作形容词(adj.)
  1. His erstwhile friends turned against him.他先前的朋友转而与他作对。
  2. 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. Golding
  • The conservative will find the practice of politics as difficult as he has erstwhile found its theory.

    出自:R. Scruton
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