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the former發(fā)音

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the former中文意思翻譯

常用釋義：前者

前者

the former雙語使用場景

1、Her father was the former editor of the Saturday Review.───她的父親是《星期六評論》的前任主編。

2、She outpaced the former Olympic champion Evelyn Ashford.───她超過了前奧運冠軍伊芙琳·阿什福德。

3、Of the two the latter is better than the former.───二者中后者比前者好.

4、The former hostage is in remarkably good shape considering his ordeal.───想想人質(zhì)曾遭受的折磨，獲救后其身體狀況已經(jīng)是出奇地好了。

5、The former tenants of that house have just moved away.───那房子原來的房客剛剛搬走.

6、There is goodwill between the former enemies.───過去的敵對者之間現(xiàn)在有了親善之意.

7、The former wild man of rock has reinvented himself as a respectable family man.───過去的那位搖滾狂人已經(jīng)改變形象，成了一位體面的愛家的男人。

8、the countries of the former Soviet Union───前蘇聯(lián)加盟共和國

9、Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.───朱可夫是前蘇聯(lián)的一位元帥.

10、Accusations of harbouring suspects were raised against the former Hungarian leadership.───匈牙利前領(lǐng)導(dǎo)層被指控窩藏嫌犯。

11、They accused the former prime minister of being a backseat driver.───他們指責(zé)前首相越俎代庖。

12、the former governor of the colony───該殖民地的前總督

13、The former option would be much more sensible.───前一種選擇要明智得多。

14、Of the two opinions, I prefer the former.───這兩種意見中我傾向于前一種.

15、The former president paid an unofficial visit to China.───前總統(tǒng)到中國進(jìn)行了私人訪問。

16、The former manager of the company repined against his cruel fate.───公司前經(jīng)理怨嘆命運對他太殘酷.

17、the former Secretary General of NATO───北約前任秘書長

18、I am not a hired agent for the former president.───我可不是那位前總統(tǒng)的說客.

the former相似詞語短語

1、the Comforter───圣靈

2、the other───另一個

3、deformer───n.變形器

4、sheep farmer───養(yǎng)羊戶

5、performer───n.演出者；執(zhí)行者；演奏者

6、sixth former───（英）六年級中學(xué)生

7、reformer───n.改革家；改革運動者；改良者

8、the force───軍力；警察；原力（歌名，TheForce）；鐵警雄風(fēng)（**名，TheForce）

9、the forties───蘇格蘭東北岸與挪威西南岸之間的海域

為什么the latter后用的is而the former后用的是are求教！！

一般情況下，英語語法要求動詞的數(shù)要和前面的名詞性成份保持一致，如：

the bird is beautiful...

the girls are very tall...

也有一些特殊的情況，比如一些集合名詞，people, staff... 動詞一般為復(fù)數(shù)