前雇员;离职员工:曾在某公司或机构工作,但目前已不再受雇的人。(常用于新闻、法律、商务语境;也可用 ex-employee 表达。)
/ˈfɔːrmər ɪmˈplɔɪiː/
A former employee filed a complaint.
一名前雇员提交了投诉。
The company said the data leak was caused by a former employee who still had access to internal systems.
公司称数据泄露是由一名前雇员造成的,该人仍能访问内部系统。
former(“之前的、从前的”)来自古英语 forma(“第一的、在前的”),与 *fore-*(“在前”)相关;employee(“雇员”)来自法语 employé,源自 employer(“雇用、使用”)。合在一起构成名词短语,字面义为“以前的雇员”。