He is the former premier.他是前任总理。
Some of them bitter attacked their former friends.他们中有些人恶毒地攻击他们过去的朋友。
It was the former capital of Turkey.这是土耳其过去的首都。
He's back to his former self again.他又恢复了以前的样子。
学习参考
former与the连用可作“前者”解。例如:
He introduced the two men to her, the former was an engineer and the latter a doctor.他把这两人介绍给她,前者是工程师,后者是医生。
