Translation of "Former" in Chinese

Lincoln greeted his former political rival.

林肯向前政敌行礼。

In former days people walked from Edo to Kyoto.

以前，人们从江户走到京都。

Either one is fine, but the former is more concise.

两者都可以，但是前者更简洁。

- Tom is Mary's former husband.
- Tom is Mary's ex-husband.

湯姆是瑪麗的前夫。

When I met my former teacher, he inquired after my parents.

我遇見了以前的班主任時，他問候了我的父母。

Everyone is anxious to know what has become of the former champion.

大家都渴望知道前冠军得主发生了什么。

I prefer Noh to Kabuki, because the former looks more elegant to me than the latter.

比起歌舞伎，我更喜欢能乐表演，因为我觉得后者比前者优雅。

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

世界上只有两个东西是无限的，一为宇宙，一为人类的愚蠢，我所不能肯定的乃是前者。

Practice is as important as theory, but we are apt to value the latter and despise the former.

实践和理论同样重要，但我们倾向于重视后者而忽略前者。

France's currency was the franc, and its symbol was ₣. While it is no longer used in France, francs are still in use in some former French colonies such as Guinea.

法國的貨幣是法郎，它的符號是"₣"。法國不再使用法郎但它仍然被使用在一些前法國殖民地中，如幾內亞。