formerly
英 [ˈfɔːməli]
美 [ˈfɔːrmərli]
adv. 以前; 从前
Oxford 3000 / Collins.2 / BNC.3584 / COCA.4684
同义词辨析
agobeforeformerlypreviously【导航词义：以前】
agoadv. 以前
〔辨析〕
指从现在起往前推算一段时间，通常和一般过去时的动词连用。
〔例证〕
He left a moment ago.
他刚走。
There was a pond here three years ago.
3年前，这里有一个池塘。
他刚走。
There was a pond here three years ago.
3年前，这里有一个池塘。
beforeadv. 先前，以前
〔辨析〕
指过去某时间之前的时间或泛指以前，通常与动词的现在完成时连用，有时也可与动词的过去完成时或一般过去时连用，也可用于具体的一段时间；在间接引语中用 before 而不用 ago。
〔例证〕
Have you heard about it before?
你过去听说过这件事吗？
I have never met him before.
我以前从未见过他。
He said that he had met the man somewhere before.
他说他以前在什么地方见过这个人。
He was in Italy the week before.
他前一个星期在意大利。
你过去听说过这件事吗？
I have never met him before.
我以前从未见过他。
He said that he had met the man somewhere before.
他说他以前在什么地方见过这个人。
He was in Italy the week before.
他前一个星期在意大利。
formerlyadv. 以前，从前
〔辨析〕
泛指以前，有时常用于对比。
〔例证〕
Formerly, Ted often lingered around a park, with nothing to do.
从前，特德时常在公园里闲逛，无所事事。
He was formerly a worker, but now he is a manager of a shop.
他曾经是个工人，可现在他是一家商店的经理。
从前，特德时常在公园里闲逛，无所事事。
He was formerly a worker, but now he is a manager of a shop.
他曾经是个工人，可现在他是一家商店的经理。
previouslyadv. 以前，先前
〔辨析〕
与 before 用法相同，但更加正式。
〔例证〕
I haven't met him previously.
我以前没有见过他。
She previously worked as a teacher.
她过去当过教师。
Six months previously he had quitted his job.
6个月前他辞职了。
我以前没有见过他。
She previously worked as a teacher.
她过去当过教师。
Six months previously he had quitted his job.
6个月前他辞职了。
牛津词典
adv.
- 以前；从前
in earlier times- Namibia, formerly known as South West Africa
纳米比亚，旧称西南非洲 - I learnt that the house had formerly been an inn.
我得知这座房子以前是家客栈。 - John Marsh, formerly of London Road, Leicester, now living in France
约翰∙马什，以前家在莱斯特市伦敦路，现居住在法国
- Namibia, formerly known as South West Africa
柯林斯词典
- ADV 从前;原来;以前
If something happened or was trueformerly, it happened or was true in the past.- 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
- He had formerly been in the Navy.
英英释义
adv
- at a previous time
- at one time he loved her
- her erstwhile writing
- she was a dancer once
双语例句
- What was formerly a sandbank has now become fertile paddy fields.
原来的沙滩如今变成了米粮川。 - This latter format is particularly popular among users of IBM iSeries ( formerly AS/ 400).
后一种格式在IBMiSeries（原来的AS/400）的用户中特别受欢迎。 - The formerly [ once] barren land has been changed into stretches of fertile fields.
昔日的荒地今天成了良田。 - He is deprived of hold positions of authority he formerly enjoyed.
他被剥夺了过去享有的一切社会地位和政治权力。 - The first sergeant of a company; duties formerly included the conveyance of orders.
一个连队的军士长；其责任以前包括运输和定购。 - I would like a front seat. Formerly he was teacher.
我想要一个前面的座位。他从前是一个教员。 - Formerly he often lingered about [ around] a park, doing nothing.
从前他时常在公园里逛荡，无所事事。 - He had formerly been in the Navy.
他从前在海军服役。 - Formerly, the relations between a teacher and his pupils were dominated by fear on the part of the pupils
以往的师生关系主要是学生惧怕老师。 - Fewer people study Latin today than formerly.
现在学拉丁文的人比从前少了。