Festival
['festɪv(ə)l] or [ˈfɛstəvəl]
解释:
(noun.) an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place); 'a drama festival'.
(noun.) a day or period of time set aside for feasting and celebration.
整理:谢尔登--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Pertaining to a fest; festive; festal; appropriate to a festival; joyous; mirthful.
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同义词及近义词:
n. Feast, FÊTE, holiday, festive celebration, joyful anniversary, day of rejoicing.
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娱乐性解释:
To dream of being at a festival, denotes indifference to the cold realities of life, and a love for those pleasures that make one old before his time. You will never want, but will be largely dependent on others.
校对:迈克尔
例句:
- He was sure now that the festival would not be cancelled. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- It was a day of some wild rejoicing, and a festival. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- And can you cling to gaiety so eagerly as to walk all the way to a village festival in search of it? 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- The question instantly awakened one of my dormant remembrances in connection with the birthday festival. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- Yes, said Polemarchus, and not only so, but a festival will be celebrated at night, which you certainly ought to see. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- As the dinner got on, I became aware, little by little, that this festival was not prospering as other like festivals had prospered before it. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- The Lady Rowena, he said, possesses not the language in which to reply to your courtesy, or to sustain her part in your festival. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- But this will be a fair and festival today,' another said. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- Among other things, this orientation of the temples served to fix and help the great annual festival of the New Year. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- It is quite possible that a child born at one hymeneal festival may marry one of its own brothers or sisters, or even one of its parents, at another. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- Let us rise soon after supper and see this festival; there will be a gathering of young men, and we will have a good talk. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- Thrasymachus replies: 'Let this be your entertainment, Socrates, at the festival of Bendis. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- Could I enter into a festival with this deadly weight yet hanging round my neck, and bowing me to the ground. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
- An occasion of feasting and festival. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- At Middlemarch in those times a large sale was regarded as a kind of festival. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- All the year round, my people work for the well-being of the community, and these festivals, although they please them, are not without their objects. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- Do you celebrate those festivals? 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- As the dinner got on, I became aware, little by little, that this festival was not prospering as other like festivals had prospered before it. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- Chanted originally to the chiefs and leading men in hall, they were now recited at the public festivals. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Now there are occasions on which the governors and the governed meet together,--at festivals, on a journey, voyaging or fighting. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- They had no theaters, no dances, no festivals. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- He spent great sums and incurred heavy debts to provide public festivals on the most lavish scale. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- We are not yet in the time of fairs and festivals. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- The Bacchanalia of Melnos do not include the debauchery of Athens, nor are the Anthesphoria anything more than innocent flower festivals. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- Are the lovers of sights and sounds, who let out their ears to every chorus at the Dionysiac festivals, to be called philosophers? 柏拉图. 理想国.
- The people went to the temple not only _en masse_ for festivals, but individually for help. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Our prime festivals were held in Perdita's cottage; nor were we ever weary of talking of the past or dreaming of the future. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- They were much given to festivals and shows, and, in particular, they were addicted to bull-fights and gymnastic entertainments. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- For the avoidance of this, holy marriage festivals will be instituted, and their holiness will be in proportion to their usefulness. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- All idea of resort for pleasure, of theatres and festivals had passed away. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
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