yesteryear

英 [ˈjestəjɪə(r)]

美 [ˈjestərjɪr]

n.  (尤指思想观念有别于当今的)旧时，往昔，过去

BNC.21363 / COCA.20095

牛津词典

noun

• （尤指思想观念有别于当今的）旧时，往昔，过去
  the past, especially a time when attitudes and ideas were different

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT （经常指价值观或生活方式有别于当今的）旧时，往昔，过去
  You useyesteryearto refer to the past, often a period in the past with a set of values or a way of life that no longer exists.
  1. The modern-day sex symbol has now taken the place of the old-fashioned hero of yesteryear.
     现代的性感偶像现在已取代了往昔过时的英雄形象。

英英释义

noun

• the time that has elapsed
  1. forget the past
  Synonym:pastpast times

双语例句

• I am so old that my school days are just a memory of yesteryear.
  我很老了，我的学校生活只是往日的一段记忆。
• Yet while the teens marked the return of Japan, it has also been a decade that emerging wonder-markets of yesteryear would rather forget.
  然而，虽然本世纪的第二个十年标志着日本的回归，它却是曾经被追捧的新兴市场宁愿忘却的10年。
• Regrets are yesteryear, hope bides its time to manifest within the glorious vision of tomorrow.
  遗憾是过去的事了，希望停留在现在来显现明天辉煌的前景。
• The modern-day sex symbol has now taken the place of the old-fashioned hero of yesteryear.
  现代的性感偶像现在已取代了往昔过时的英雄形象。
• He says Asia today has parallels with the Europe of yesteryear, with its multiple regulations and myriad stages of development.
  他表示，就各种各样的监管规定和发展阶段而言，今天的亚洲与不久以前的欧洲很相似。
• Modern western square dancing is a far cry from the old time barn dances of yesteryear.
  现代西方的方块舞跟过去的谷仓舞大不相同。
• The lobby is tall, decorated with fine antiques from yesteryear.
  酒店的大堂很高，装饰着旧时精美的古玩。
• To begin with, note that the new technologies, though derided by some of these skeptics for eroding the simple social bonds of yesteryear, are creating new social bonds.
  首先，值得注意的是，新技术尽管为某些科技怀疑论者所需要以弱化不久前简单的社会关系，其本身却在产生新的社会关系。
• This canine robot of yesteryear wiggles when petted.
  这个昔日的机器人时宠爱犬晃。
• The days of yesteryear there wasn't a lot of accountability and today there is.
  不久以前的日子没有太多的责任感而如今却存在。