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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• There seemed to be no longer any reason for trying to preserve the ideals of a bygone age.
  似乎不再有任何理由来试图保存一个已成过去的时代的思想了。
• 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。
• Empires established in bygone centuries.
  在过去的漫长岁月中建立起来的帝国。
• 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。
• 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。
• That haunting episode of bygone days was to her mother but a passing accident.
  对她母亲来说，她萦绕在心头的那件往事，只不过是一件烟消云散的偶然事件。