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[意       思]adj. 以前的，原先的
[例]  He is my former classmate. 他是我从前的同班同学。
adj. 前者的
[例]  Of these two men, the former is dead but the latter is still alive.这两个人中，前者已死，而后者仍然活着。
adj. 前任的
[例]  The poor girl found it hard to throw off her former boy friend.这可怜的女孩发觉要摆脱掉她以前的男朋友很不容易。

更多意思

adj.1.  以前的
2.  昔日的，前
3.  （the former...）（两者中）前者的

参考例句

1.	She remarried her former husband ten years after their divorce.
	她与原来的丈夫离婚十年后又复婚了。
2.	She has excellent references from former employers.
	她持有以前的雇主写的很好的证明书。
3.	Britain was mandated to govern the former colony of German East Africa.
	英国受权代管德国在东非的前殖民地。
4.	Many support the former alternative, but personally I favour the latter (one).
	很多人都赞成前一种办法,但我个人喜欢后一种。
5.	In former times, prisoners' heads were impaled on pointed stakes.
	从前的人把监犯的头钉在尖桩上。