eve
美音:
[i:v
]英音:
[i:v
]n.[诗]黄昏,前夕,前日 Eve 伊夫(女子名)
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eve
/i:v; iv/
n
1 day or evening before a religious festival or holiday (宗教节日或假日的)前日, 前夕
*Christmas Eve, ie
24 Dec 圣诞节前夕(12月24日)
* New Year's Eve, ie
31 Dec 除夕(12月31日).
2 time just before an important event 重大事件即将发生的时刻; 前夕
*the eve of the election 选举前夕
* on the eve of the race 比赛前夕.
3 (arch 古) evening 傍晚
*a perfect summer eve 美丽的夏日黄昏.
eve
n
[Date: 1100-1200; Origin: even 'evening' (11-21 centuries), from Old English Afen; EVENING]
[C usually singular]
the night or day before an important day
eve of
on the eve of the election
We're arriving on Christmas Eve .
a New Year's Eve party
[C]literary
evening
one summer's eve
1. They observed the New Year Eve in conformity with custom. 他们按习俗过除夕夜。
2. The man took heart and, sure enough, on New Year´s Eve he was able to hobble along to a party. 这人振作了精神。果然,在除夕他就能一拐一拐地去参加宴会了。
3. The man took heart and, sure enough, on New Years´ Eve he was able to hobble along to a party. 那人听后振作了精神。果然,除夕时他可以一瘸一拐地去参加晚会了。
4. The eve of the dinner, I sat in the kitchen watching her cook, waiting for the right moment to tell her about our marriage plans, 生日宴的前夜,我坐在厨房里看着妈妈忙乎,等待合适的时机来告诉她我们的结婚计划。
5. The world is on "the eve of a new era", says the former United States Vice President Al Gore, the Clinton administration's leading high-technology advocate. 美国前副总统阿尔·戈尔说,我们这个世界正处于"新时代的前夜",他是克林顿政府中推行高科技的主要人物。
6. An all-night party on New Year´s Eve provided me with a good excuse for not carrying on either of these new resolutions on the first day of the year, 新年除夕举办的一次通宵晚会,使我理直气壮地在新年头一天免去了这两项任务。
7. Holding a summer festival on Midsummer Eve, giving thanks for the harvest in the autumn, 夏天在河边欢庆"仲夏前夜",秋天在河边丰收而感恩,
8. On the eve of our examination, it rained. 在考试前夕, 下雨了.
9. On Christmas Eve, Santa Claus is omnipresent. 在圣诞节前夜, 到处都能见到圣诞老人。
10. Fireworks are often displayed on New Year´s Eve. 除夕之夜经常燃放烟花爆竹。
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