yesteryear
英 ['jestəjɪə; -jɜː]
美['jɛstɚjɪr]
- n. 不久以前；去年
- adv. 过去不久的岁月
中文词源
yesteryear 往昔，旧时
yester-，昨日，以前，year,年。即往年，往昔。
英文词源
- 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 François Villon: Mais ou sont les neiges d'antan? which Rossetti rendered "But where are the snows of yesteryear?"
双语例句
- 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。
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- 2. Certainly, last night's gala was a reminder of bull markets of yesteryear.
- 的确, 昨夜的庆祝让我们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.
- 如果说最令人惊奇的前奥运项目, 莫过于拔河.
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- 4. He often mentioned the golden scandals of yesteryear.
- 他经常提到去年曾轰动一时的丑闻.
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- 5. 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.
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