one's ex
ex 作名词可指前配偶,也可泛指前任伴侣;不强调性别时译作“前任”。
My ex still calls me every week.
我的前任还每周给我打电话。
前妻;前夫
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前妻;前夫
a former husband or wife
My ex still calls me every week.
我的前任还每周给我打电话。
The name of the Latin script letter X/x.
I ran into my ex at the supermarket yesterday.
我昨天在超市偶遇了我的前任。
Her ex still calls her every week.
她的前任仍然每周给她打电话。
They stayed friends with their exes after the divorce.
离婚后他们仍与各自的前任保持朋友关系。
ex 作名词可指前配偶,也可泛指前任伴侣;不强调性别时译作“前任”。
My ex still calls me every week.
我的前任还每周给我打电话。
of 后接名词性物主代词(mine、yours、hers 等),表示“某人的前任”。
He is an ex of mine from college.
他是我大学时的一个前任。
exes 是 ex 的复数形式,用于指多位前任。
She stayed friends with all her exes.
她和所有前任都保持着朋友关系。
Not this
My ex colleague still works here.
Use this
My former colleague still works here.
ex 是名词,意为“前夫/前妻”,不能作定语修饰 colleague;表示“以前的同事”应用 former,或用带连字符的 ex-colleague,但 ex- 不能独立作形容词使用。
Not this
She has two exs from college.
Use this
She has two exes from college.
ex 以 x 结尾,变复数时须加 -es,因此复数是 exes,而不是直接加 -s 的 exs。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
我的前任
I still talk to my ex from time to time.
我仍然时不时地和我的前任聊天。
他的前任
His ex is getting married next month.
他的前任下个月结婚。
一位前任
She invited an ex to her birthday party.
她邀请了一位前任参加她的生日聚会。
那位前任
The ex showed up at the wedding.
那位前任出现在婚礼上。
前任们
Her exes all stay in touch with her.
她的前任们都与她保持联系。
依职权地;由于职位而当然地
The treasurer is, ex officio, a member of the finance committee.
财务主管依职权是财务委员会的成员。
出于善意地;非因法律义务地
The airline offered an ex gratia payment to passengers affected by the delay.
航空公司向受延误影响的乘客发放了一笔慰问金。
事后地;有追溯效力地
The court ruled that the new tax could not be applied ex post facto.
法院裁定新税不能追溯适用。
前任们和那些风流韵事,总是挥之不去。
In this pop song, the singer's exes keep appearing and haunting her.
在这首流行歌曲中,歌手的前任们不断出现并困扰着她。
Use ex naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把 ex 读成字母 X:前任就像被 X 划掉的过去,所以 ex 表示“前”(前夫/前妻)。
语域:informal 常见场景:日常对话、私人短信或社交媒体、非正式文章 ex 作名词表示‘前夫/前妻/前任’时通常是非正式口语用法,多用于日常对话或私人往来,正式书面语中较少使用;正式场合更常写为 former husband、former wife 或 former partner。
这些词都以 /eks/ 结尾(重读元音 /e/ 加 /ks/),与 ex 同韵:flex、hex、pecs、specs、checks、wrecks。注意不要与以 ex- 开头的词混淆,如 exit /ˈeksɪt/、extra /ˈekstrə/,它们拼写相似但不押韵。
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