The former option would be much more sensible.

前一种选择要明智得多。

Her father was the former editor of the Saturday Review.

她的父亲是《星期六评论》的前任主编。

Fans were saddened to see the former champion play so badly.

看到以前的冠军表现如此差劲，球迷感到难过。

They accused the former president of being a backseat driver.

他们谴责前总统是个专门干涉他人事务的人。

Newspapers have been fulsome in their praise of the former president.

报界对前任总统的赞扬过于恭维了。

Turkey and Greece were buffer states against the former Soviet Union.

土耳其和希腊是反苏国家与前苏联之间的缓冲国。

The original elections were declared void by the former military ruler.

原来的选举被前军事首领宣布为无效。

The former military ruler of Lesotho has been placed under house arrest.

莱索托前军事统治者已被软禁了。

She dropped only eight points in the 43-minute thrashing of the former champion.

她在轻松击败前冠军的43分钟里，仅失掉8分。

One of the main beneficiaries of the early election is thought to be the former president.

前总统被认为是早期选举的主要受益者之一。

He had to choose between giving up his job and giving up his principles. He chose the former.

他得在放弃工作和放弃原则二者中择其一。他选择了前者。

Western countries were moving ahead with plans to send financial aid to all of the former Soviet republics.

西方国家正推行对所有前苏联国家提供经济援助的计划。

The former US ambassador to Ireland has behaved most undiplomatically by describing his two years in Dublin as "very, very boring."

前美国驻爱尔兰大使称他在都柏林度过的两年“非常非常无聊”，这是不符合外交习惯的。

They grappled with the problem of connecting the electricity and water supplies. The former proved simple compared with the latter.

他们设法解决供电和供水的连接问题。前者与后者相比证明很简单。

He chose the former (前者).

他选择了前者。

To be frank, I prefer the former to the latter.

坦白来讲，比起后者，我更喜欢前者。

With the former, however, you get it by giving it.

然而，对于前者而言，你要付出才能得到它。

If it is the former, what is the plan for the company?

如果是前者，公司的计划是什么?

He proved himself a worthy successor to the former Prime Minister.

他证明了自己是前首相的称职继任者。

Human beings differ from animals in that the former is capable of using language.

人类与动物的不同在于前者能够使用语言。

These days, you can even see the former Commandante rocking a Carl Lewis-like tracksuit.

这些天，你甚至能看到前任司令官穿着一身卡尔·刘易斯风格的运动套装。

To assume the former audience was familiar with every work Wideman ever penned would have been pretentious.

如果认为以前的观众熟悉威德曼写过的每一部作品，那就太自负了。

The former ethic suggested success was founded on integrity, modesty, loyalty, courage, patience, and so forth.

前一种伦理认为，成功建立在正直、谦虚、忠诚、勇气、耐心等的基础上。

If the former are greater, the lake is a surface-water-dominated lake; if the latter, it is a seepage-dominated lake.

如果前者较大，这个湖就是一个以表层水为主的湖泊；如果是后者，则是一个以渗漏为主的湖泊。

Affected industries clung to the former wildlife policy of valuing individual species according to their economic usefulness.

受影响的行业坚持以前的野生动植物政策，即根据其经济价值对单个物种进行评估。

The former offers more excitement and convenience while the latter offers a cleaner, quieter and often friendlier place to live.

前者提供了更多的刺激和便利，而后者提供了一个更干净、更安静、通常也更友好的居住环境。

They lauded the former president as a hero.

他们称颂前总统为英雄。

The former owner had not left any forwarding address.

前物主没有留下任何转寄地址。

The former president paid an unofficial visit to China.

前总统到中国进行了私人访问。

The former wild man of rock has reinvented himself as a respectable family man.

过去的那位摇滚狂人已经改变形象，成了一位体面的爱家的男人。