| 词汇 | halcyon-days |
| 释义 | halcyon days noun[ plural ] literaryuk /ˌhæl.si.ən ˈdeɪz/ us /ˌhæl.si.ən ˈdeɪz/ a very happy or successful period in the past: （昔日）美好的时光 She recalled the halcyon days of her youth.她回想起年轻时的美好时光。 Pleasure and happiness abandon afterglow beatitude bed bed of rosesidiom delirium exaltation exultancy exultation feast felicity for funphrase fulfilment goody joyfulness joyousness jubilation like a dog with two tailsidiom mirth savour Examples of halcyon dayshalcyon days The implication is that if their halcyondays could be realized anew, then, paradoxically, this people could enjoy life with laws that respect their culture-before-law. The episode represents the rules of ' informal agreements ' between parties that kept networks running easily in the halcyondays of the trade. Ancient communists, whom the world has left behind, relax in their velvet seats, recalling the halcyondays of their youth and the struggles to build a new society. Perhaps those were the halcyondays when there was a party. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They were the halcyondays of apprenticeships for huge numbers of our young people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We remember those halcyondays when everyone was listened to and compromise and consensus were the order of the day. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Those were the halcyondays of the coal trade, when coalowners made great profits and did extremely well. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, the trend needs to gather considerably more strength before the industry can return to the halcyondays of 200 million-plus admissions a year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They will not do so because beneath their paper promises hides a stubborn attachment to the halcyondays of the old established order. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, she is proof that those halcyondays are unlikely to be repeated for a very long time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I well remember the halcyondays of 1979 when unemployment stood at 1,295,000. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Those were the halcyondays when those who attended football matches just wanted to watch football. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But since those halcyondays the position has deteriorated at an increasing and recently alarming pace. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have just emerged from the halcyondays of youth, and can recall what a distant prospect reaching the age of 60 once seemed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was between 1985 and 1991—in those halcyondays. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of halcyon days These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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