yesterday
- n.昨天;近日，日前，不久以前;往昔;不久前
- adv.在昨天;日前，前不久
复数： yesterdays
yester- 昨日,以前 + day 日子
yesterdayadv.
在昨天
on the day before today
They arrived yesterday.
他们昨天到达。
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。
Where were you yesterday morning?
你昨天上午在哪儿？
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
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？
不久前；近日；往昔
the recent past
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。
noun
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- the day immediately before today
- it was in yesterday's newspapers
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- the recent past
- yesterday's solutions are not good enough
- we shared many yesterdays
adv
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- on the day preceding today
- yesterday the weather was beautiful
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- in the recent past;only a short time ago
- I was not born yesterday!
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That isn 't quite square with what you said yesterday .
这跟你昨天所讲的不大吻合。
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Government sources indicated yesterday that cuts may have to be made .
政府方面昨天透露，削减可能势在必行。
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He made all the right noises at the meeting yesterday .
在昨天的会上，他的话句句都合大家的胃口。
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I feel an awful lot better than I did yesterday .
我觉得身体比昨天好得多了。
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Ten new cases of bird flu were reported yesterday .
昨天新增十例禽流感病例报告。
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Yesterday 's students are today 's employees .
昨天还是学生，今天成了雇员。
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I took a half day off yesterday .
昨天我休假半天。
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That 's the direct opposite of what you told me yesterday .
那与你昨天告诉我的截然相反。
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Unless I 'm mistaken , she was back at work yesterday .
除非是我记错了，她是昨天回来上班的。
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They left the day before yesterday .
他们前天就走了。
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She started work a week yesterday .
她在一个星期前的昨天就开始工作了。
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I got another of those calls yesterday .
昨天我又接了一个那样的电话。
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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。
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The government yesterday announced to the media plans to create a million new jobs .
政府在昨天向媒体宣布了创造一百万个新工作的计划。
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There were masses of people in the shops yesterday .
昨天商店里人如潮涌。
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Under the terms of the contract the job should have been finished yesterday .
根据合同的条款，这项工作本应于昨天完成。
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There were ten children away yesterday .
昨天有十个孩子缺席。
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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。
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A proposal to merge the two companies was voted through yesterday .
两家公司合并的建议已于昨日投票通过。
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A policeman was injured in the line of duty yesterday .
昨天有一名警察在执行公务时受伤。
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Yesterday the president showed the first signs of wobbling over the issue .
昨天总统第一次在这个问题上表现得有些摇摆不定。
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Where 's the letter that came yesterday ?
昨天来的信在哪儿？
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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。
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The workers who abstained from work yesterday have been suspended .
昨天旷工的工人被暂时停职。
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We only got here yesterday .
我们昨天才到这里。
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Funnily enough , I said the same thing myself only yesterday .
奇怪的是，就在昨天我自己也说过同样的话。
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Who do you think I saw yesterday ? I 'll give you three guesses .
你猜我昨天碰到谁了？我让你猜三次。
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The negotiations took a jump forward yesterday .
谈判昨天取得进展。
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The euro fell on the foreign exchanges yesterday .
欧元汇价昨天下跌。
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She was billed to speak on ' China ─ Yesterday and Today ' .
据宣传她要发表题为“中国——昨天和今天”的演讲。
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