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

• Empires established in bygone centuries.
  在过去的漫长岁月中建立起来的帝国。
• His talk was evocative of the bygone days.
  他的讲话唤起了对往昔岁月的回忆。
• The bygone days, like wisps of smoke, have been dispersed by gentle winds, and, like thin mists, have been evaporated by the rising sun. What traces have I left behind?
  过去的日子如轻烟，被微风吹散了，如薄雾，被初阳蒸融了；我留着些什么痕迹呢？
• 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。
• 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。
• Downtown, neon treasures from a bygone era were stored in a dusty field called the Neon Boneyard.
  市中心，从过去时代的霓虹珍宝被储存在一个尘土飞扬的领域称为霓虹灯博内亚德。
• The additional newspapers allow readers to see how newspapers of bygone days covered historical events.
  此外，这些网络版的老报纸还能让读者看到报纸当年是如何报道那些历史事件的。
• The baker's, sweet shop, and tea rooms are also like those of a bygone era.
  面包店、糖果店和茶坊就像那些存在于逝去的时代的店面。
• She looked up some friends of bygone years.
  她去看望了一些过去的老朋友。
• 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。