former
大学受験前の・前者(⇔latter)
意味
- 《名詞の前にのみ用いて》かつての,以前の
- 《the ~》(二つのうちの)前者(の)
例文
He was far from thankful to his former teacher.
彼は恩師にまったく感謝していなかった。
He was not at all thankful to his former teacher.
彼は恩師にまったく感謝していなかった。
In former days people walked from Edo to Kyoto.
昔、人々は江戸から京都まで歩いた。
語源
古英語forma「最初の」の比較級。より前の「かつての・前者」。
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
Inherited from Middle English former, comparative of forme (“first”), from Old English forma (“first”), descended from Proto-Germanic *frumô. Parallel to prior (via Latin), as comparative form from same Proto-Indo-European root. Related to first and fore (thence before), from Proto-Germanic.