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单词 yesterday
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yesterday

(jestəʳdeɪ, -di)
Word forms: plural yesterdays
1. adverb
You use yesterday to refer to the day before today.
She left yesterday.
Yesterday she announced that she is quitting her job.
Yesterday is also a noun.
In yesterday's games, we beat our opponents two-one.
2. uncountable noun
You can refer to the past, especially the recent past, as yesterday.
The worker of today is different from the worker of yesterday.
...a world without yesterdays or tomorrows.

yesterday in British English

(ˈjɛstədɪ, -ˌdeɪ)
noun
1. 
the day immediately preceding today
2. (often plural)
the recent past
adverb
3. 
on or during the day before today
4. 
in the recent past

yesterday in American English

(ˈjɛstərˌdeɪ; occas., ˈjɛstərdi)
noun
1. 
the day before today; day just past
2. 
a recent day or time
3.  [usually pl.]
time gone by
adverb
4. 
on or during the day before today
5. 
recently
adjective
6. 
of yesterday
yesterday morning
Word origin
ME yistredai < OE geostrandæg < geostran, yesterday (akin to Ger gestern < IE *ĝhyes > Sans hyáḥ, L heri, yesterday) + dæg, day

More idioms containing
yesterday

not born yesterday

Examples of 'yesterday' in a sentence
yesterday

What he presented yesterday was both different and more of the same.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It also emerged yesterday that some face a postcode lottery over their energy bills.
The Sun (2016)
 Yesterday they found time to say that they were still making up their minds.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Yesterday the world witnessed perhaps the most significant grand slam final in history.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
The panel heard yesterday how the two female officers made their way to the hotel foyer following an argument at the conference.
The Sun (2016)
To judge by the annual meeting vote yesterday, there are misgivings over pay.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The assessment task is made harder because the numbers released yesterday combine two different pieces of research.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The forward sat out training yesterday with a tight hamstring.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The original plan had been to grab them early yesterday while they were asleep.
The Sun (2009)
The cause of a blaze that destroyed a disused furniture warehouse yesterday afternoon was unknown.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Police were yesterday interviewing the ringleaders of the protest.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Workers received a text telling calling them in to crisis meetings yesterday.
The Sun (2010)
But there was a different feel yesterday.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He was back in full training yesterday.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Police and medics were called in the early hours of yesterday morning and sealed off the area.
The Sun (2012)
It also emerged yesterday that they were friends of the pilot.
The Sun (2011)
It was beauty parade time yesterday.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Yesterday 300 workers accepted an offer guaranteeing locals work.
The Sun (2009)
It emerged yesterday that social workers in Lincolnshire had contact with the family when suspicions were first raised.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)

In other languages
yesterday

British English: yesterday /ˈjɛstədɪ; -ˌdeɪ/ ADVERB
You use yesterday to refer to the day before today.
She left yesterday.
  • American English: yesterday
  • Arabic: أَمْس
  • Brazilian Portuguese: ontem
  • Chinese: 昨天
  • Croatian: jučer
  • Czech: včera
  • Danish: i går
  • Dutch: gisteren
  • European Spanish: ayer
  • Finnish: eilen
  • French: hier
  • German: gestern
  • Greek: χτες
  • Italian: ieri
  • Japanese: 昨日
  • Korean: 어제
  • Norwegian: i går
  • Polish: wczoraj
  • European Portuguese: ontem
  • Romanian: ieri
  • Russian: вчера
  • Latin American Spanish: ayer
  • Swedish: igår
  • Thai: เมื่อวานนี้
  • Turkish: dün
  • Ukrainian: вчора
  • Vietnamese: ngày hôm qua

All related terms of 'yesterday'

yesterday week
a week yesterday ; a week ago from yesterday
yesterday evening
during the evening of the day preceding today
yesterday morning
during the morning of the day preceding today
not born yesterday
not as naive or as easily deceived as people seem to think
yesterday afternoon
during the afternoon of the day preceding today
was not born yesterday
is not gullible or foolish
this day week
a week (counting backward or forward) from today (or yesterday , etc.)

Chinese translation of 'yesterday'

yesterday

(ˈjɛstədɪ)

adv

  1. 昨天 (zuótiān)
    ⇒ She left yesterday. 她昨天走的。 (Tā zuótiān zǒu de.)

n (u)

  1. 昨天 (zuótiān)
    all day yesterday 昨天一整天 (zuótiān yī zhěngtiān)
    the day before yesterday 前天 (qiántiān)
    yesterday morning/afternoon 昨天上午/下午 (zuótiān shàngwǔ/xiàwǔ)
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