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the former发音

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the former中文意思翻译

常用释义：前者

前者

the former双语使用场景

1、Her father was the former editor of the Saturday Review.───她的父亲是《星期六评论》的前任主编。

2、She outpaced the former Olympic champion Evelyn Ashford.───她超过了前奥运冠军伊芙琳·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.───想想人质曾遭受的折磨，获救后其身体状况已经是出奇地好了。

5、The former tenants of that house have just moved away.───那房子原来的房客刚刚搬走.

6、There is goodwill between the former enemies.───过去的敌对者之间现在有了亲善之意.

7、The former wild man of rock has reinvented himself as a respectable family man.───过去的那位摇滚狂人已经改变形象，成了一位体面的爱家的男人。

8、the countries of the former Soviet Union───前苏联加盟共和国

9、Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.───朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅.

10、Accusations of harbouring suspects were raised against the former Hungarian leadership.───匈牙利前领导层被指控窝藏嫌犯。

11、They accused the former prime minister of being a backseat driver.───他们指责前首相越俎代庖。

12、the former governor of the colony───该殖民地的前总督

13、The former option would be much more sensible.───前一种选择要明智得多。

14、Of the two opinions, I prefer the former.───这两种意见中我倾向于前一种.

15、The former president paid an unofficial visit to China.───前总统到中国进行了私人访问。

16、The former manager of the company repined against his cruel fate.───公司前经理怨叹命运对他太残酷.

17、the former Secretary General of NATO───北约前任秘书长

18、I am not a hired agent for the former president.───我可不是那位前总统的说客.

the former相似词语短语

1、the Comforter───圣灵

2、the other───另一个

3、deformer───n.变形器

4、sheep farmer───养羊户

5、performer───n.演出者；执行者；演奏者

6、sixth former───（英）六年级中学生

7、reformer───n.改革家；改革运动者；改良者

8、the force───军力；警察；原力（歌名，TheForce）；铁警雄风（**名，TheForce）

9、the forties───苏格兰东北岸与挪威西南岸之间的海域

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

一般情况下，英语语法要求动词的数要和前面的名词性成份保持一致，如：

the bird is beautiful...

the girls are very tall...

也有一些特殊的情况，比如一些集合名词，people, staff... 动词一般为复数