yesterday

英 [ˈjestədeɪ]

美 [ˈjestərdeɪ]

adv.  在昨天
n.  昨天; 不久前; 近日; 往昔

中考高考考研

Oxford 3000 / Collins.5 / BNC.513 / COCA.1505

习惯用语

adv.

not be born yesterday
• （表示自己并不傻，不会轻信别人的话）
  used to say that you are not stupid enough to believe what sb is telling you
• 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。

牛津词典

adv.

• 在昨天
  on the day before today
  1. They arrived yesterday.
     他们昨天到达。
  2. 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。
  3. Where were you yesterday morning?
     你昨天上午在哪儿？
  4. 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。

noun

• 昨天
  the day before today
  1. Yesterday was Sunday.
     昨天是星期天。
  2. What happened at yesterday's meeting?
     昨天的会上发生了什么事？
• 不久前；近日；往昔
  the recent past
  1. Yesterday's students are today's employees.
     昨天还是学生，今天成了雇员。
  2. All her yesterdays had vanished without a trace.
     她的过去已经完全烟消云散了。

柯林斯词典

• ADV 昨天
  You useyesterdayto refer to the day before today.
  1. She left yesterday...
     她昨天走了。
  2. Yesterday she announced that she is quitting her job.
     昨天她宣布打算辞职。
  3. Yesterdayis also a noun.
     
  4. In yesterday's games, Switzerland beat the United States two-one.
     在昨天的比赛中，瑞士队以2比1战胜了美国队。
• N-UNCOUNT 过去；（尤指）不久前，近日，日前
  You can refer to the past, especially the recent past, asyesterday.
  1. The worker of today is different from the worker of yesterday.
     如今的工人和以往的不同了。
  2. ...a world without yesterdays or tomorrows.
     没有过去和未来的世界

英英释义

noun

• the day immediately before today
  1. it was in yesterday's newspapers
• the recent past
  1. yesterday's solutions are not good enough
  2. we shared many yesterdays

adv

• on the day preceding today
  1. yesterday the weather was beautiful
• in the recent past
  1. I was not born yesterday!

双语例句

• The entrance examinations to high school began yesterday morning.
  中学入学考试昨天上午开始了。
• I talked to him yesterday
  昨天我和他谈过了。
• Gen. Morgan's troops yesterday surrendered their heavy weapons to Belgian and US troops.
  昨天，摩根将军的部队被迫向比利时和美国军队交出了他们的重型武器。
• Yesterday she announced that she is quitting her job.
  昨天她宣布打算辞职。
• They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday
  他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
• He could not have seen me yesterday, because I wasn't there.
  昨天他不可能见到我，因为当时我不在那里。
• 'The whole incident was whitewashed,' he claimed yesterday.
  “整个事件都已经被粉饰过了，”他昨日声称。
• I thought I was hearing things yesterday. I thought I heard a cuckoo.
  我想昨天我出现幻听了。我以为听到了布谷鸟叫。
• He gave in his resignation yesterday.
  他昨天递上了辞呈。
• I met him by chance out walking yesterday
  我昨天外出散步时碰巧遇见了他。