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English Superlative Comparative Form Forme Time Agent Noun

正面 443.former
英 ['fɔːmə]美 ['fɔrmɚ]

背面
释义:
adj. 从前的,前者的;前任的n. 模型,样板;起形成作用的人n. (Former)人名;(法)福尔梅;(德、捷)福尔默
例句:
1. The unemployed executives include former sales managers, directors and accountants.被解雇的管理人员包括前销售经理、主管和会计。

impassive无感情的。 impassioned充满激情的。 impassable不能通行的。 impassible无感情的。
former 先前的来自古英语forma的比较级,来自PIE*pre-mo, 最早的,*pre-, 在先,词源同far, *mo, 最高级后缀,词源同intimate, ultimate. 该词实际上是最高级的比较级。比较foremost.
formerformer: [12] Former is a comparative form based on Middle English forme ‘first (in time or order)’, on the analogy of the superlative foremost [16] (which was originally formost [12]; the modern spelling came about through association with fore and most). Forme itself goes back to Old English forma, which was a descendant of a prehistoric Germanic superlative from derived from *fora ‘before’ (whence also English first, for, and fore). So untangling the suffixal accretions of centuries, former means etymologically ‘more most before’.=> first, for, fore, primaryformer (adj.)"earlier in time," mid-12c., comparative of forme "first, earliest in time or order," from Old English forma "first," from Proto-Germanic *fruma-, *furma-, from PIE *pre-mo-, suffixed (superlative) form of root *per- (1) "forward, through; before; first" (see per). Probably patterned on formest (see foremost); it is an unusual case of a comparative formed from a superlative (the Old English -m is a superlative suffix). As "first of two," 1580s.former (n.)"one who gives form," mid-14c., agent noun from form (v.). The Latin agent noun was formator."

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