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yesterday

adverb
 
🔊/ˈjestədeɪ/, 🔊/ˈjestədi/
🔊/ˈjestərdeɪ/, 🔊/ˈjestərdi/
Idioms
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  1. on the day before today在昨天
    • A company spokeswoman said yesterday that no final decision had been made yet.公司发言人昨天说，尚未做出最终决定。
    • yesterday morning/afternoon/evening昨天早上╱下午╱晚上
    • The company yesterday announced a $40 million deal.该公司昨天宣布了一项4000万美元的交易。
    • To think I was lying on a beach only the day before yesterday.想想吧，就在前天，我还躺在海滩上呢。🔊🔊
    • I can remember our wedding as if it were yesterday.我们的婚礼我记忆犹新，就像昨天一样。🔊🔊
    • They arrived yesterday.他们昨天到达。🔊🔊
    • Where were you yesterday morning?你昨天上午在哪儿？🔊🔊
    • Figures released yesterday show 4,944 people were awaiting surgery.昨天公布的数字显示，有4,944人正在等待手术。
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    Word OriginOld English giestran dæg (from yester- Old English geostran, of Germanic origin + day).
Idioms
not be born yesterday
  1. (informal) used to say that you are not stupid enough to believe what somebody is telling you（表示自己并不傻，不会轻信别人的话）
    • Oh yeah? I wasn't born yesterday, you know.是吗？我可不是三岁的小孩子，你知道的。🔊🔊

yesterday

noun
 
🔊/ˈjestədeɪ/, 🔊/ˈjestədi/
🔊/ˈjestərdeɪ/, 🔊/ˈjestərdi/
[uncountable]
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  1.  
     the day before today昨天
    • Yesterday was Sunday.昨天是星期天。🔊🔊
    • What happened at yesterday's meeting?昨天的会上发生了什么事？🔊🔊
    • The events of yesterday were clearly still troubling her.昨天的事件显然仍然困扰着她。
    • She died in the early hours of yesterday.她于昨天凌晨死亡。
    • He threatened to resign from the coalition if no agreement was reached by yesterday.他威胁说，如果昨天没有达成协议，他将辞职。
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  2.  
    (also yesterdays [plural])
    the recent past不久前；近日；往昔
    • Yesterday's students are today's employees.昨天还是学生，今天成了雇员。🔊🔊
    • All her yesterdays had vanished without a trace.她的过去已经完全烟消云散了。🔊🔊
    3. Word OriginOld English giestran dæg (from yester- Old English geostran, of Germanic origin + day).

yesterday

adjective
🔊/ˈjestədeɪ/, 🔊/ˈjestədi/
🔊/ˈjestərdeɪ/, 🔊/ˈjestərdi/
[not before noun] (informal, often humorous)
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  1. no longer fashionable or new过时
    • Email—that's so yesterday!电子邮件，那太过时了！🔊🔊
    • PCs are so yesterday.昨天的电脑是如此。
    Word OriginOld English giestran dæg (from yester- Old English geostran, of Germanic origin + day).