Question

erstwhile adj.从前的;以前的;原来的;往昔的;adv.从前;往昔地;

Accepted Answer

英[ˈɜ:stwaɪl]  美[ˈɜrstwaɪl] ADJ以往的;往昔的You use erstwhile to describe someone that used to be the type of person indicated, but no longer is.例：Erstwhile workers may have become managers...过去的工人可能已经成了经理。例：He fled to America with Phyllis Burton, an erstwhile friend of his wife's.他和他妻子以前的一个朋友菲莉丝·伯顿一起逃往美国。

单词	erstwhile
音标	英[ˈɜ:stwaɪl] 美[ˈɜrstwaɪl]
解释	adj.从前的;以前的;原来的;往昔的;adv.从前;往昔地;
例句	ADJ 以往的;往昔的 You use erstwhile to describe someone that used to be the type of person indicated, but no longer is. 例：Erstwhile workers may have become managers...过去的工人可能已经成了经理。例：He fled to America with Phyllis Burton, an erstwhile friend of his wife's.他和他妻子以前的一个朋友菲莉丝·伯顿一起逃往美国。
变形

Erstwhile 英[ˈɜ:Stwaɪl 美[ˈɜrstwaɪl Adj.从前的;以前的;原来的;往昔的;Adv.从前;往昔地 Adj 以往的;往昔的 Describe Type