来自PIE*eghs, 从，从...出，向外，词源同前缀ex-, 向外。即从前，前任。

1. She took revenge on her ex-boyfriend by smashing up his home.

为了报复，她砸了前任男友的家。

2. They should make up with their ex-enemy in the West.

他们应该和西方的老对头和解。

3. The Sky News TV station is largely run by ex-BBC news staffers.

空中新闻电视台主要是由原英国广播公司的新闻工作人员运作的。

4. Ex-cavations have revealed Roman and Anglo-Saxon remains in the area.

挖掘工作已显示在该地区有罗马和盎格鲁-撒克逊时代的遗迹。

5. Dan found out that I had been meeting my ex-boyfriend in secret.

丹发现我一直在跟前男友偷偷见面。