英 [ˈfɔːməli] 美 [ˈfɔːrmərli]
adv. 以前，原来
formerly /ˈfɔːməlɪ/ TEM4
副词 If something happened or was true formerly, it happened or was true in the past. 以前
He had formerly been in the navy.
他以前在海军服役。
at a previous time
同义词： once / at one time / erstwhile / erst
原名(Formerly)：河南建业
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... 奔向;趋向〖gostraighttowards;headfor〗 接近;临近〖becloseto〗 旧时,以往〖before;formerly;inthepast〗 ...
以前；原来
previously / ago / back
He had formerly been in the navy.
他以前在海军服役。
I learnt that the house had formerly been an inn.
我得知这座房子以前是家客栈。
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。
These groups are the American Society for Microbiology and the American Cleaning Institute, formerly the Soap and Detergent Association.
VOA : special.2010.09.29
Because they represent dimensions of experience formerly excluded from the elevated, idealized discourse that is poetry, dimensions of experience excluded as prosaic.
因为它们分别代表了原先经验的多维化,却将提升的理想化的论道即诗歌排除在外，将无趣的经验也排除在外。
现代诗歌课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
It's edited by Jahan Ramazani, formerly a Teaching Fellow in this course.
由之前的一个教学人员让，拉马扎尼所编。
现代诗歌课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
Barry Spletzer formerly worked as a top scientist at the Sandia National Laboratories Intelligent Systems and Robotics Center in New Mexico.
VOA : special.2011.06.21
The next year, Edward Kennedy was elected to the Senate seat formerly held by his brother John.
VOA : special.2009.09.13
Some of the companies offering this service include Oasys Mobile (formerly Summus), Navio, FusionOne and VeriSign .
Dias, formerly from suburban Cincinnati, now lives in Atlanta with her partner and their 2-year-old daughter.
NSL, formerly NCP, is to take over patient transport from the South Western Ambulance Trust.