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/ˈfɔːrmərli/ · /ˈfɔːməli/
In the past, but not now.
以前/從前
核心畫面
Think of a finger pointing back along a timeline to an earlier stretch: 'back then it was like this — and now it isn't any more.' Formerly marks that gap between an old state and the present.
可以想成一根手指沿著時間軸往回指,指向早先那一段:「那時候是這樣——現在已經不是了。」formerly 標的就是舊狀…更多收起
可以想成一根手指沿著時間軸往回指,指向早先那一段:「那時候是這樣——現在已經不是了。」formerly 標的就是舊狀態和現在之間那道分界。原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
formerlyadv/ˈfɔɹmɚli/
- 1
at some time in the past
- Xenia Robertson, formerly known as Xenia Isaamov, is from Ukraine.
- 2
previously; once
- This ranch was formerly owned by slaveholders.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。