yesteryear
英 ['jest?j??; -j??]
美['j?st?j?r]
- n. 不久以前；去年
- adv. 過去不久的歲月
中文詞源
yesteryear 往昔，舊時
yester-，昨日，以前，year,年。即往年，往昔。
英文詞源
- yesteryear (n.)
- coined 1870 by Dante Gabriel Rossetti from yester- + year to translate French antan (from Vulgar Latin *anteannum "the year before") in a refrain by Fran?ois Villon: Mais ou sont les neiges d'antan? which Rossetti rendered "But where are the snows of yesteryear?"
雙語例句
- 1. The modern-day sex symbol has now taken the place of the old-fashioned hero of yesteryear.
- 現代的性感偶像現在已取代了往昔過時的英雄形象。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Certainly, last night's gala was a reminder of bull markets of yesteryear.
- 的確, 昨夜的慶祝讓我們想起了前些年的牛市.
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- 3. The most surprising event of Olympic yesteryear , however , is Tug of War.
- 如果說最令人驚奇的前奧運項目, 莫過于拔河.
來自互聯網
- 4. He often mentioned the golden scandals of yesteryear.
- 他經常提到去年曾轟動一時的丑聞.
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- 5. Modern western square dancing is a far cry from the old time barn dances of yesteryear.
- 現代西方的方塊舞跟過去的谷倉舞大不相同.
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