adv. 原来,原先;以前,从前;刚才;先头
网络 原先地; 旧时,以往; 原先地以前
He had formerly been in the navy.
他以前在海军服役。
I learnt that the house had formerly been an inn.
我得知这座房子以前是家客栈。
Formerly he often lingered about [around] a park, doing nothing.
从前他时常在公园里逛荡,无所事事。
These mini-satellites can fit in a launch vehicle´s formerly "wasted space."
这些微型卫星可以装进运载火箭以前的“荒废空间”中。
It says tropical storms formerly claimed dozens, if not hundreds of lives, each year in Cuba.
据说以前热带风暴每年在古巴造成的死亡人数,没有几百人也有数十人。