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

• Modern banks are worse than the rail and oil conglomerates of yesteryear.
  现代银行比昔日铁路和石油联合企业更糟糕。
• 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。
• Like the supercomputers of yesteryear, the first of tomorrow's QCs will probably consist of some exotic hardware at the core which stores and manipulates the quantum state machine.
  和过去的超级计算机一样，未来的第一台QC的核心很可能由一些存储和控制量子态机器的奇特硬件组成。
• 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。
• Indeed, we carry a lot of luggage from our yesteryear in the human brain.
  确实是这样，我们把从过去带来的大量的行李堆放在大脑中。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。