四级So the formerly small supper after sundown becomes the big meal of the day, the only one at which the family has a chance to get together.

因此，日落后的小晚餐变成了一天中的大餐，是全家唯一有机会聚在一起的晚餐。

2016年6月阅读原文

高考Most of us, if we know even a little about where our food comes from, understand that every bite put into our mouths was formerly alive.

我们中的大多数人，如果我们对食物的来源知道一点的话，就会明白每一口放进嘴里的东西以前都是活的。

2015年高考英语浙江卷 单项填空 原文

考研Formerly it lasted three days, but by the 1980s it more commonly lasted a day and a half.

以前持续三天，但到了80年代，通常持续一天半。

2016年考研真题（英语一）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

六级It says tropical storms formerly claimed dozens, if not hundreds of lives, each year, in Cuba.

它说，以前，热带风暴每年在古巴夺走数十人甚至数百人的生命。

2016年6月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

考研Peter lissaman, an aeronautics expert who was formerly at Caltech and the University of Southern California has suggested that a formation of 25 birds might enjoy a range increase of 71%.

曾在加州理工学院和南加州大学任职的航空专家Peter lissaman认为，25只鸟类的形成可能会增加71%的范围。

2010年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研There are many reasons this formerly stable federal institution finds itself at the brink of bankruptcy.

有很多原因导致这个曾经稳定的联邦机构发现自己濒临破产。

2018年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级Once in housing, formerly homeless people can become isolated and lonely.

一旦住进住房，以前无家可归的人就会变得孤立和孤独。

2014年6月大学英语六级考试真题（二）

六级(All residents pay 30 percent of their income for rent； for the formerly homeless, this comes out of their government benefits. )

（所有居民支付30%的租金；对于以前无家可归的人来说，这来自他们的政府福利。）

2014年6月大学英语六级考试真题（二）

六级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“浪费的空间”。

2019.6六级真题第三套

六级Strategies to motivate students in a high school include rewarding academic excellence by designating scholars of the month, or by issuing articles of clothing, such as school letter jackets formerly given only to athletes.

激励高中学生的策略包括通过指定当月最佳学者或发放服装来奖励学业优秀的学生，比如以前只发给运动员的学校信件夹克。

2008年6月英语六级真题

四级Several of our young people were formerly brought up at the colleges of the northern provinces: they were taught all your sciences; but, when they came back to us, they were bad runners, ignorant of every means of living in the woods… they were totally good for nothing.

我们的几个年轻人以前是在北方各省的大学里长大的：他们被教授了你们所有的科学；但是，当他们回到我们身边时，他们都是跑得不好的人，对森林里的各种生活方式一无所知……他们完全是一无是处。

1989年1月英语四级真题

四级This was possible because of the Navy’s formerly top-secret system of underwater listening devices spanning the oceans.

这是可能的，因为海军以前的绝密系统是横跨海洋的水下监听设备。

2002年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

考研These changes are helping to influence some of the long-standing traditions about the types of work men and women can do -- but they also produce some undeniable problems for the men who are entering those fields formerly dominated by women.

这些变化有助于影响关于男性和女性可以从事的工作类型的一些长期传统，但也给那些进入以前由女性主导的领域的男性带来了一些不可否认的问题。

1988年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研In such a changing, complex society formerly simple solutions to informational needs become complicated.

在这样一个不断变化、复杂的社会中，以前简单的信息需求解决方案变得复杂起来。

1995年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研Certainly people do not seem less interested in success and its signs now than formerly.

当然，现在人们对成功及其迹象的兴趣似乎并不比以前低。

2000年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研Formerly, too, pictures had given him considerable, and music very great, delight.

以前，电影也给了他很大的快乐，音乐也给了他的很大的快乐。

2008年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语试题