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

• 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。
• 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。
• Last season's FA Youth Cup victors drew some flattering comparisons with the stars of yesteryear and are continuing to make progress through the ranks at Old Trafford.
  上赛季夺得年轻足总杯的球员们被拿来和上古先贤们对比，他们还在曼联学习。
• Yet today, without a major media event in sight, we witness price swings that would put the wartime spikes of yesteryear to shame.
  然而，如今天下太平，我们看到的油价波动幅度却让昔日战争时期的上涨也相形见绌。
• 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。
• The elevated cities and the "Star Trek" voyages of yesteryear may now seem corny, but at least they show humanity has a future, he says.
  他说，一座座被升起的城市还有“星际旅行”中“时光倒流”旅行也许现在似乎庸俗，可至少它们表明人类拥有一个未来。
• 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。
• If too much volcanic heat is discharged, the crater's ice pack will melt away entirely and the caves will vanish along with the snows of yesteryear.
  如果太多的火山热量被释放，火山口的浮冰群将会完全消失并且洞和几年前的雪一起消失。
• Your peeps want you to find love, and these stand-up fellas may be the antidote to all those toxic bad boys of yesteryear.
  你身边的人都想你找到爱情，这些勇敢的家伙也许可以为你化解去年那群坏小孩给你带来的毒。