erstwhile
us /ˈɝst.waɪl/
erstwhile /ˈɜː(ɹ)st.waɪl/ nghĩa là trước đây, cũ
Các nghĩa
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trước đây, cũ
Former, previous.
“Scarcely had Alice reached her twentieth birthday, than she gave her erstwhile fiancée^([sic]) his formal congé.[…]”
As an aftermath of the erstwhile competition between companies, 41 goods depots served the Liverpool and Birkenhead docks in 1923.
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đáng kính, đáng trọng
Respected, honourable.
If you're for one of my erstwhile opponents, that's O.K. Just don't work too hard.