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

• She looked up some friends of bygone years.
  她去看望了一些过去的老朋友。
• These photos belong to a bygone age.
  这些照片属于过去的时代。
• 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。
• You'll probably think it's just a crude hoax from bygone days.
  你可能会认为这是一张动过手脚的老照片，很蹩脚。
• 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。
• 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。
• Bygone days; dreams of foregone times; sweet memories of gone summers; relics of a departed era.
  过去的日子；过去的梦想；过去的夏天的甜美记忆；过往年代的遗迹。
• He seated himself close to her, he gazed at her in silence, or he talked to her of years gone by, of her childhood, of the convent, of her little friends of those bygone days.
  他的生活都集中在这一刻里。他坐在她身旁，静静地望着她，或者和她谈谈过去的那些年，她的童年时期，她在修女院的情景和她那时的小朋友。
• 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。