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formerly adv.以前；从前 (1) 我以前工作的那个地方对着装没有特别的要求。(2) 我猜这可能是她母亲以前的东西。(3) 这船从前航行在中国内河里。(4) 从前御宴和御试都在这里举行的。 Something that existed previously, or that has changed in some way over time, can be talked about using the word formerly. Your graceful math teacher might have formerly been a professional dancer, and the building where you take fencing lessons could have formerly been a textile mill. If something happened once upon a time, it happened formerly. The origin of the word traces all the way back to the Proto-Germanic formo, or "first."

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英 ['fɔːməli] 美 ['fɔːrmərli] (1) I formerly worked in a casual dress environment.(2) I suppose it might have been formerly her mother's.(3) This boat was formerly used on the rivers of China.(4) Formerly banquests and royal examinations were held here. Use the adverb formerly to describe something that happened earlier. A history teacher might explain that the city of Istanbul was formerly known as Constantinople. 1[ADV 副词]从前；原来；以前 If something happened or was true formerly, it happened or was true in the past.   [ADV with cl/group]He had formerly been in the Navy.他从前在海军服役。...east Germany's formerly state-controlled companies.东德原来的国有公司

英语单词	formerly
英美音标	英 ['fɔːməli] 美 ['fɔːrmərli]
中文释义	adv.以前；从前
英语例句	(1) I formerly worked in a casual dress environment. (2) I suppose it might have been formerly her mother's. (3) This boat was formerly used on the rivers of China. (4) Formerly banquests and royal examinations were held here.
中文例句	(1) 我以前工作的那个地方对着装没有特别的要求。 (2) 我猜这可能是她母亲以前的东西。 (3) 这船从前航行在中国内河里。 (4) 从前御宴和御试都在这里举行的。
vocabulary简明	Use the adverb formerly to describe something that happened earlier. A history teacher might explain that the city of Istanbul was formerly known as Constantinople.
vocabulary扩展	Something that existed previously, or that has changed in some way over time, can be talked about using the word formerly. Your graceful math teacher might have formerly been a professional dancer, and the building where you take fencing lessons could have formerly been a textile mill. If something happened once upon a time, it happened formerly. The origin of the word traces all the way back to the Proto-Germanic formo, or "first."
柯林斯解释	1 [ADV 副词]从前；原来；以前 If something happened or was true formerly, it happened or was true in the past. [ADV with cl/group] He had formerly been in the Navy. 他从前在海军服役。 ...east Germany's formerly state-controlled companies. 东德原来的国有公司

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