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单词 yesterday
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yesterday

adverb
 
/ˈjestədeɪ/, /ˈjestədi/
/ˈjestərdeɪ/, /ˈjestərdi/
Idioms
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  1. on the day before today
    • A company spokeswoman said yesterday that no final decision had been made yet.
    • yesterday morning/afternoon/evening
    • The company yesterday announced a $40 million deal.
    • To think I was lying on a beach only the day before yesterday.
    • I can remember our wedding as if it were yesterday.
    • They arrived yesterday.
    • Where were you yesterday morning?
    • Figures released yesterday show 4,944 people were awaiting surgery.
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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
    • Oh yeah? I wasn't born yesterday, you know.

yesterday

noun
 
/ˈjestədeɪ/, /ˈjestədi/
/ˈjestərdeɪ/, /ˈjestərdi/
[uncountable]
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  1.  
    the day before today
    • Yesterday was Sunday.
    • What happened at yesterday's meeting?
    • The events of yesterday were clearly still troubling her.
    • She died in the early hours of yesterday.
    • He threatened to resign from the coalition if no agreement was reached by yesterday.
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  2.  
    (also yesterdays [plural])
    the recent past
    • Yesterday's students are today's employees.
    • All her yesterdays had vanished without a trace.
  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
    • Email—that's so yesterday!
    • PCs are so yesterday.
    Word OriginOld English giestran dæg (from yester- Old English geostran, of Germanic origin + day).
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