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
- In fact there are women in most jobs which were formerly reserved for men.
事实上，在男性曾垄断的职业中也出现了女性。 - Formerly the chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa.
从前，威尼斯和热那亚的主要的文职官员。 - Burrell, formerly personal footman to Queen Elizabeth, had worked for the royal family for some 21 years.
伯勒尔曾是伊丽莎白女王的男仆，已经为王室工作了约21年。 - This formerly inaccessible place can now be reached by road and rail.
这里过去是穷乡僻壤，现在铁路公路都畅通了。 - Formerly is a legend, legend has you have me, then we are happy.
从前只是个传说，传说里有你也有我，那时的我们很快乐。 - He had formerly been in the Navy.
他从前在海军服役。 - 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。 - What was formerly a sandbank has now become fertile paddy fields.
原来的沙滩如今变成了米粮川。 - 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。 - We now enjoy these comforts of which formerly we had only heard.
我们现在享受到了过去只是听说过的那些舒适条件。