yesteryear

['jestə'jiə]

n.去年, 过去
adv.过去不久的岁月

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【古】【诗】去年; 过去的岁月

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【古】【诗】在去年; 在过去的岁月

yesteryear

yesteryear[,jestə'jə:; '-jiə]n., adv.1.■[诗歌用语]2.■去年3.■(在)近年

1. (poetic/literary)last year or the recent past, especially as nostalgically recalled
   (诗／文)（尤用于表示怀旧）去年；昔日；不久前
   the snows of yesteryear have gone.
   去年的雪已经融化。
   

yesteryear

名词 yesteryear:

the time that has elapsed

同义词：past, past times, yore

yesteryear

■We are full of positive enthusiasm while looking back on the yesteryear, and with sufficient confidence while looking forward to the coming year.

2008年，正是我们振翅高飞的关键之年，面对各种机遇与挑战，我们将继续发扬“乐于奉献，忘我工作、踏实肯干、团结协作”的拼搏精神。

■Thomas Lee of Partners Community Healthcare thinks such social networking helps make up for the “water-cooler chats” of yesteryear that allowed doctors to exchange knowledge across specialisations.

PartnersCommunityHealthcare（伙伴社区医疗保健机构）的ThomasLee认为，这样的社会网络有助于弥补过去“与同事们的闲聊”，这让在不同领域的医生们能互相交流知识。

■So pack a bowl of Black Dawg in your favorite pipe, and smoke in solitude.Let the tobacco carry you away on a cloud of grey smoke as you enjoy one of the simple pleasures of yesteryear.

下面有一段老外的评论，写的不错： Reminiscent of cool summer nights spent by the glowing campfire, this tobacco gives off a comforting aroma that is less pungent than other latakia blends.

■Perhaps without the megaherbivores like the mastodon of old or even the bison of yesteryear, the prairie won't come back.

也许没有大型食草动物，如古时候的乳齿象乃至过去的野牛，大草原是不会回来的。”

■Two-dimensional graphics are the eight-track player or even LP record of yesteryear.

二维图像就象过去的八道录像机(索尼生产的)或激光唱片(大片的唱片)那样是过时的了。

■Today's country music, which some 50 million listeners tune in to for an average of three hours a day, is very different from that of yesteryear.

今天，约5000万美国听众平均每天要打开收音机听3小时的乡村音乐，与往日是大不相同了。

■He could accept that, yes, his economic forecasts of yesteryear may have been too rosy;

他应该接受说，是的，他去年的经济预测是太乐观了；

■He often mentioned the golden scandals of yesteryear.

他经常提到去年曾轰动一时的丑闻。

■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 hesitated. Was it better to leave them with their dreams of yesteryear rather than risk a rude awakening?

他迟疑着。是任由他俩各自追怀旧梦还是贸然将两人唤醒？

■The red and gold leaves of autumnremind me of seasons past;I can hear the voices of yesteryear.

估计下周开始贴厨房跟卫生间瓷砖了，顺利的话可能铝扣板也能装完。

■Years ago, taking great photographs of holiday lights was difficult because the films of yesteryear weren't very sensitive.

分析 这是一个相当宽泛的问题，它给求职者提供了一个机会，可以让求职者表明自己的热情和挑战欲。

■Revenue from new customers accounts for over 80 per cent of new business by the end of yesteryear.

到去年年末，来自新客户的收入占新业务的百分之八十。

■In memory of yesteryear when cigarette advertising was everywhere, we have compiled this list of amusing (and probably shocking to many people) vintage cigarette posters.

在去年的记忆中香烟广告到处都是，我们收集了这个有趣的香烟广告名单（或许会让某些人为之震撼）。

■” The battles of yesteryear he said were over and there had been a “broad convergence of vision.

在现实世界中，经济学家则认为他们已经对各种事情有把握控制。

■Rule #73: Most of yesteryear s projects overran because of poor estimates and not because of mistakes.

大多数上一年度的项目拖期都是因为评估失误而不是因为操作失误。

■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。

■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。

■Executable code in the image file could help abort the processing of large images on the slow systems of yesteryear, security experts said.

安全专家指出， 图像文件中蕴含执行代码有助于昔日慢吞吞的老爷机在处理大型图像文件时，能够实施放弃处理。

■It's a recurring dilemma for iconic brands: if their popularity and identity are wrapped up in yesteryear, can they survive major technological and demographic changes?

对标志性品牌来讲，这是个经常遇到的两难选择：如果他们的声望和个性与过去的岁月有密切联系，那么，他们能在重大的技术进步和大范围的人口变化中幸存下来吗？

■When older pianos are in need of repair, the Steinway craftsmen of today sometimes find the chalk signatures of the Steinway craftsman of yesteryear written inside the piano in discreet locations.

当旧钢琴需要维修时,如今的施坦威工匠有时能在钢琴内部的某些地方找到过去的施坦威工匠们用粉笔留下的签名。

■Happy World, New World, Great World. What were these in the yesteryear of Singapore?

快乐世界、新世界和大世界。在昔日的新加坡这些是什么地方的名字？

■I am so old that my school days are just a memory of yesteryear.

我很老了,我的学校生活只是往日的一段记忆。

■The Saturday mornings of yesteryear never looked so good.

星期六早上没看过这么好的玩家

■A fond look at the star technologies of yesteryear

昨日之星今何在

■” The revivalists of yesteryear came up with their own list, but it was basically the same threat: “Do or die.

昨日的宗教复兴运动家们，自己订立要遵行的事项，但其基本上有相同的威胁：“去作，否则死。”

■The increase in vegetable protein is dramatically seen in dogs - the characteristic white dog turds of yesteryear are rarely found;

植物蛋白质的增加在狗之中是引人注目的-以往特有的白色的狗粪便很少见了。

■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。

■English has already been corrupted by slovenly use and should be reformed to the standards of yesteryear.

用于学校的语法书报道大多规则和过程 英语。

■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。

■Looks like the old glass jugs of yesteryear.

看上去像老玻璃水罐曩年。

■" 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。

■To stand on the holes viewing the Firth of Forth is breathtaking and reminiscent of the golf games of yesteryear.

站在球洞上面观望福斯海湾，呼吸、回忆这经年不久的运动。

■Although these get-togethers often happily reunite us with family and friends, they also tend to unhappily reunite us with our exes of yesteryear.

虽然这些聚会总是将我们和家人朋友快乐地召集在一起，也可能把那些昔日旧爱带到面前。

■But Juniper faced a more immediate fear, a specter from yesteryear leaking into the present upon a height overlooking the city.

被所有人遗忘，但是大家依然为于他的黑暗笼罩之中。

■Kick up your heels and paint your face, wave goodbye to yesteryear,

踢起你的脚,把你的脸涂上油彩,挥手对去年说再见

■disease of yesteryear

过去不久的病

■Unlike the students of yesteryear, who were political and proud of it, today's generation are more passionate about drinking than defending issues of social justice.

过去学生们会对政治热衷并以知为荣,时变境迁,如今的学生们只会在乎豪情畅饮,而淡然对社会的公平问题。

■The values of yesteryear are blighting not just household economies in Albania, but the prospects of a nation desperate to convince its European neighbours that it's fit to join them.

过去的价值观下仅又正在破坏着阿国的国民经济，而且还使得其拼命要让其欧洲邻国相信适合吸收它加盟的前景暗淡。

■There might be a rekindling of the kind of nationalistic fervour of yesteryear.

过去的国家主义狂热可能再次被点燃。

■The "robber barons" of yesteryear figured out that by controlling every vital and auxiliary aspect of their industry, they could make millions.

过去的那些“攫财大亨（robberbarons）[3]”发现，如果能够把自己产业中的每一个关键环节和补充环节都控制在手里，就能挣到数以亿计的钱。

■The Reds boss was determined to return Liverpool to the glory days of yesteryear and stamp his own mark on a team that had failed to claim any silverware since the 1994-95 season.

这位红军教练决心为利物浦带回昨日的辉煌，给球队烙下自己的烙印，这只球队自从1994-95赛季以来从没获得任何奖杯。

■There were haunted gardens here and there where bloomed all the roses of yesteryear.

这儿到处都是过去的安妮常去的开满了玫瑰的庄园。

■Those giant robots storming the silver screen in “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” don't look much like the Transformers of yesteryear.

那些巨大的机器人冲进银幕上的“变形金刚：复仇的堕落”，看上去不像变形金刚。

■Although the fluctuation of gold price is not violent as before, it is still adolescent in yesteryear.

黄金价格在近年来虽然不似过去一般激烈的涨跌，但其价格波动仍然不小。