延伸的過去
從「昨天」這一天,放寬成「不久前」乃至「已成過去的東西」:把眼光從緊鄰的那一天,往後拉成一整段過去。
the recent past · noun · A1
The recent past; the time not long ago.
昔日
核心畫面
You can think of yesterday as 'the day right before today' — point at the day just behind you. From that one concrete day it stretches to mean the recent past in general, and then to things that already belong to the past and feel out of date.
可以想成「今天前面那一天」:回頭一指,就是剛過去的那天。yesterday 的核心畫面比較像緊貼在今天背後的那一天;…更多收起
可以想成「今天前面那一天」:回頭一指,就是剛過去的那天。yesterday 的核心畫面比較像緊貼在今天背後的那一天;從這一天延伸去指「不久前的過去」,再延伸去指「已經屬於過去、變舊的東西」。From the picture
Also in this word
the day before today · r · A1
On the day before today.
昨天
yesterday as a noun · noun · A1
The day before today, used as a noun.
昨天
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
yesterdaynoun/ˈjɛstədeɪ/
- 1
The day immediately before today; one day ago.
- Today is the child of yesterday and the parent of tomorrow.
- Yesterday was rainy, but by this morning it had begun to snow.
- 2
The past, often in terms of being outdated.
- yesterday's technology
- The worker of today is different from that of yesterday.
yesterdayadv/ˈjɛstədeɪ/
- 1
On the day before today.
- I started to watch the video yesterday, but could only finish it this evening.
- 2
informalAs soon as possible.
- I want this done yesterday!
- I need it yesterday!
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。