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

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.

noun

past events to be put aside
1. let bygones be bygones
Synonym:water under the bridge

adj

She looked up some friends of bygone years.
她去看望了一些过去的老朋友。
He seated himself close to her, he gazed at her in silence, or he talked to her of years gone by, of her childhood, of the convent, of her little friends of those bygone days.
他的生活都集中在这一刻里。他坐在她身旁，静静地望着她，或者和她谈谈过去的那些年，她的童年时期，她在修女院的情景和她那时的小朋友。
We just see the nice memories of bygone.
总会看到过去美好回忆。
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。
His talk was evocative of the bygone days.
他的讲话唤起了对往昔岁月的回忆。
The room had the elegance of a bygone era.
这个房间有着旧时代的优雅。
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。
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。
A home built to the standards of a bygone age.
按照过去时代的标准建造的家宅。
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？