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form.er EARLIERH5fC:7mE5, $5fC:r7mLadj [before n; not gradable]of or in an earlier time; before the present time or in the past以前的，早先的，旧时的They asked the woman, a former nurse at the hospital, for information.他们向那位妇女----一名以前的护士----打听信息。The house, a former barn, has been attractively converted.那栋房子原来是谷仓，如今已经被装修一新，十分漂亮。He was sure he had been a doctor in a former existence / life (=previous existence).他肯定他生前当过医生。The painting was restored to its former glory (=returned to its original good condition).那幅画又恢复原先的灿烂。After the accident it was a long time before he seemed like his former self (=behaved in the way he had done before).事故之后很长一段时间，他好像才恢复了原来的自我。
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