yesterday
adverb /ˈjestədeɪ/, /ˈjestədi/
/ˈjestərdeɪ/, /ˈjestərdi/
Idioms - on the day before today
在昨天 - A company spokeswoman said yesterday that no final decision had been made yet.
该公司发言人昨日表示,尚未做出最终决定。 - yesterday morning/afternoon/evening
昨天早上╱下午╱晚上 - The company yesterday announced a $40 million deal.
该公司昨天宣布了一笔4000万美元的交易。 - To think I was lying on a beach only the day before yesterday.
想想吧,就在前天,我还躺在海滩上呢。 - I can remember our wedding as if it were yesterday.
我们的婚礼我记忆犹新,就像昨天一样。 - They arrived yesterday.
他们昨天到达。 - Where were you yesterday morning?
你昨天上午在哪儿? - Figures released yesterday show 4,944 people were awaiting surgery.
昨天公布的数据显示,有4944人在等待手术。
词源Old English giestran dæg (from yester- Old English geostran, of Germanic origin + day). - A company spokeswoman said yesterday that no final decision had been made yet.
Idioms
not be born yesterday
- (informal) used to say that you are not stupid enough to believe what somebody is telling you
(表示自己并不傻,不会轻信别人的话) - Oh yeah? I wasn't born yesterday, you know.
是吗?我可不是三岁的小孩子,你知道的。
- Oh yeah? I wasn't born yesterday, you know.