Word · Frequency #19260
bygone
过去的事；往事
past events to be put aside
- 1.
past events to be put aside
应被搁置的过去事件
应被搁置的过去事件；过去的事；往事
In use
After years of arguing, they finally decided to let bygones be bygones and renew their friendship.
In the team meeting, she suggested that we treat last quarter's failures as bygones and focus on the new plan.
He smiled and said that the old business rivalries were bygones, and he hoped to cooperate now.
let bygones be bygones
let bygones be bygones
这是固定习语，bygones 为名词复数，意为“过去的事”；整个习语表示“摒弃前嫌、既往不咎”。
After years of conflict, they finally agreed to let bygones be bygones.
经过多年的冲突，他们终于同意冰释前嫌。
a bygone + noun
bygone 作形容词时只作定语，置于名词前，常修饰 era、age、days 等表示时代的词语。
She loves reading about bygone civilizations.
她喜欢阅读关于过去文明的书。
Common mistakes
Let bygone be bygone.Let bygones be bygones.
名词 bygone 在习语 let bygones be bygones 中必须用复数形式，指‘过去的事/嫌隙’，单数不符合固定表达。
In the bygone, we had no internet.In the past, we had no internet.
bygone 作为名词并不表示‘过去的时期’；它通常只在习语 let bygones be bygones 中用作复数。表达‘过去’要用 the past。
Connections
Collocations
- bygone era
- 过去的时代
- The castle is a relic of a bygone era.这座城堡是过去时代的遗迹。
- bygone days
- 往昔的日子
- She misses the bygone days of her childhood.她怀念童年往昔的日子。
- bygone glories
- 昔日的辉煌
- The old photos remind us of the city's bygone glories.这些老照片让我们想起这座城市昔日的辉煌。
- let bygones be bygones
- 冰释前嫌；既往不咎
- After the argument, they agreed to let bygones be bygones.争吵之后，他们同意冰释前嫌。
Idioms & figurative uses
- let bygones be bygones
- 过去的事就让它过去吧；既往不咎We should let bygones be bygones and move on.我们应该让过去的事过去，继续前行。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
bygone由by和gone组成，gone是‘已去’，所以bygone指‘已经过去的事/往事’。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal written English、the fixed phrase 'let bygones be bygones' bygone 作名词时，多用于正式或书面英语，尤其出现在固定说法 let bygones be bygones（让过去的事过去吧）中；日常口语中较少单独使用。
Grammar Note
作名词时可用复数 bygones；常见于 let bygones be bygones（捐弃前嫌）。
Pronunciation & Spelling
The -gone in bygone is pronounced /ɡɔn/ and rhymes with gone (/ɡɔn/), undergone (/ˌʌndərˈɡɔn/), foregone (/ˌfɔːrˈɡɔn/), and begone (/bɪˈɡɔn/). Do not confuse with words ending in -gon such as polygon (/ˈpɑːliɡɑːn/) and octagon (/ˈɑːktəɡɑːn/): their final vowel is /ɡɑːn/, not /ɡɔn/, so they do not rhyme in General American.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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