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

• 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。
• Bygone cloud and mist, lost foam.
  过眼的云烟，迷失的泡沫。
• 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。
• 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。
• Midland gothic, the earlier of the city's two main styles, is already based on dreams of a bygone England and is ripe for heritage sightseeing.
  米德兰哥特式，该市的两个主要风格前，已经基于一个以往英格兰的梦想，是对文物旅游时机已经成熟。
• 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。
• What do these old precepts from the bygone days of Imperial China have to do with us?
  那些过去帝王时代中国的陈旧概念跟我们有甚麽相干呢？
• His talk was evocative of the bygone days.
  他的讲话唤起了对往昔岁月的回忆。
• 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。
• Empires established in bygone centuries.
  在过去的漫长岁月中建立起来的帝国。