bygone

英 [ˈbaɪɡɒn]

美 [ˈbaɪɡɔːn]

adj.  很久以前的; 以往的
n.  过去的（不愉快的）事; 往事

复数：bygones　

Collins.1 / BNC.19260 / COCA.17359

牛津词典

adj.

• 很久以前的；以往的
  happening or existing a long time ago
  1. a bygone age/era
     一个过去的时代 / 历史时期

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 过去已久的；很久以前的
  Bygonemeans happening or existing a very long time ago.
  1. The book recalls other memories of a bygone age.
     这本书追忆了一个久远时代的别样记忆。
  2. ...bygone generations.
     过去的几代人
• 让过去的事过去；冰释前嫌
  If two peoplelet bygones be bygones, they decide to forget about unpleasant things that have happened between them in the past.

英英释义

noun

• past events to be put aside
  1. let bygones be bygones
  Synonym:water under the bridge

adj

• well in the past
  1. bygone days
  2. dreams of foregone times
  3. sweet memories of gone summers
  4. relics of a departed era
  Synonym:bypastdepartedforegonegone

双语例句

• But he is a bogeyman from a bygone age.
  但是现在有关自由市场的一切都是过去式了。
• The empty factories are relics of a bygone age, no longer required by the modern world.
  空荡荡的工厂是过去时代的遗物，不再被现代世界所需要。
• The room had the elegance of a bygone era.
  这个房间有着旧时代的优雅。
• A home built to the standards of a bygone age.
  按照过去时代的标准建造的家宅。
• His talk was evocative of the bygone days.
  他的讲话唤起了对往昔岁月的回忆。
• In a bygone era, a concerned adult might have stopped to ask them where their mother was.
  以前，路过的大人也许会停下来问问她们的妈妈去哪儿了。
• History is the mighty Tower of Experience, which Time has built amidst the endless fields of bygone ages.
  历史就是雄伟的经验之塔，是时间在过去时代的无边原野中构筑起来的。
• Before twelve hours had passed a harvest atmosphere would be a bygone thing.
  十二个小时之后，一片收获的景象就会荡然无存了。
• He was more drawn to the literature of bygone Europe than to that of his own region.
  他更倾心于往昔的欧洲文学，而忽视了本土文学。
• In bygone days, marriage contracts assured wives an allowance for bath money.
  往日，婚姻协议要向妻子保证浴费补助。