Word · Frequency #12200
exes
前妻；前夫
exes is the plural of ex.
a former husband or wife
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The name of the Latin script letter X/x.
字母X；已离婚的配偶；[经] 不附资本增殖；(在船边码头)交货；无(红利)...之外
In use
I ran into my ex at the supermarket yesterday.
Her ex still calls her every week.
They stayed friends with their exes after the divorce.
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。
an ex of + possessive pronoun
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。
all one's exes
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。
Common mistakes
My ex colleague still works here.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。
She has two exs from college.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。
Connections
Collocations
- my ex
- 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。
- his ex
- 他的前任
- His ex is getting married next month.他的前任下个月结婚。
- an ex
- 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。
- the ex
- 那位前任
- The ex showed up at the wedding.那位前任出现在婚礼上。
- exes
- 前任们
- Her exes all stay in touch with her.她的前任们都与她保持联系。
Idioms & figurative uses
- ex officio
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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）。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.