yesterday
adverb uk/ˈjes.tə.deɪ/ us/ˈjes.tɚ.deɪ/
A1 昨天
on the day before today
He called yesterday while you were out. 昨天你外出时他打电话来了。
I saw her yesterday afternoon. 我昨天下午见到她了。
- More examples
- I rang them yesterday to check when they were arriving.
- The police have deduced that he must have left his apartment yesterday evening.
- The company's shares dived by 90p to 165p on the stock market yesterday.
- The book was delivered yesterday with a note saying the bill for it would follow in a day or two.
- Mr Gubbay said yesterday that he will not be reapplying for the job.
yesterday
noun uk/ˈjes.tə.deɪ/ us/ˈjes.tɚ.deɪ/
[ U ]昨天
the day before today
"Is that today's paper?" "No, it's yesterday's." “那是今天的报纸吗？”“不，是昨天的。”
the day before yesterday 前天
two days ago
I called her the day before yesterday. 我前天给她打了电话。
[ C or U ]近日，日前;往昔
the recent past
Nobody's interested in yesterday's pop stars. 没人对过气明星感兴趣。
These songs are a part of all our yesterdays. 这些歌曲是我们所有往事的一部分。