one-time

Word family

ˈone-time adjectiveadj [only before noun]

BEFOREformer 从前的，一度的

Neil McMurtry, a one-time bus driver, is the lead singer.

曾经当过公共汽车司机的尼尔•麦克默特里是主唱歌手。

Examples from the Corpus

one-time• The bonds are callable after one year on a one-time basis only.• There is a one-time charge of $ 5.• His father is a prominent attorney and one-time doubles partner of George Bush.• The one-time gifted student kept his hands in his pockets as he listened to the brief proceedings.• It gets its name because of the one-time importance of the weaving industry in the area.• The Ostrich first came to fame through the nefarious exploits of its one-time landlord, Jarman.• He later attempted such elucidation, as did other philosophers, notably his one-time pupil Edmund Husserl.• The housekeeping couple at Cooper's one-time residence on Sixty-first Street were quiet and discreet.

From Longman Business Dictionary