yesterday

yesterday

英 ['jestədeɪ; -dɪ]
　　美 ['jɛstɚde]

n. 昨天；往昔
　　adv. 昨天

n.(名詞)yesterday的基本意思是“昨天”,指今天的前一天。the day before yesterday是“前天”的意思,其中的定冠詞the不可以省略。adv.(副詞)yesterday用作副詞時意思是“在昨天,在昨日”,強調的是某事發生的時間。yesterday通常不可以放在主語和謂語之間。

中文詞源：

yesterday 昨天

yester-，昨日，以前，day,天。

例句：

1. He will have been heartened by the telephone opinion poll published yesterday.
他會為昨天公佈的電話民意調查結果感到鼓舞。

2. Middle East peace talks in Washington showed signs of progress yesterday.
昨天在華盛頓舉行的中東和談有瞭取得進展的跡象。

3. Army officers plotted a failed attempt yesterday to seize power.
軍官們昨天奪權未遂。

4. Police investigating a £10 million car insurance fiddle arrested 16 people yesterday.
調查涉及1,000萬英鎊的汽車保險詐騙案的警察昨天逮捕瞭16人。

5. Gibbs was arrested in the early hours of yesterday morning.
吉佈斯於昨天凌晨被捕。