former

/ˈfɔɹ.mɚ/ 名词 C2

中文：创造者、模型、样板

Someone who forms something; a maker; a creator or founder. · Dave was the former of the company.
An object used to form something, such as a template, gauge, or cutting die. · The brick arch was built using a wooden former.

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But the former understood in dismay that Anne was actually enjoying her valley of humiliation--was reveling in the thoroughness of her abasement.

“She’ll stay in her room until she confesses,” said Marilla grimly, remembering the success of this method in the former case.

“Dear Anne, ran the former, “Mother says I’m not to play with you or talk to you even in school.

Could she go back to the former quiet pleasures of those faraway days before the concert?

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