Advent
['ædvɛnt]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous); 'the advent of the computer'.
(noun.) the season including the four Sundays preceding Christmas.
錄入:希莉娅--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The period including the four Sundays before Christmas.
(n.) The first or the expected second coming of Christ.
(n.) Coming; any important arrival; approach.
安格斯校對
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Arrival, coming, approach.[2]. Coming of Christ.
編輯:路易斯
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Approach, arrival, accession, coming
ANT:Departure, exit, exodus, retirement, relinquishment, quittance
校對:菲利斯
解釋/意思:
n. a coming or arrival: the first or the second coming of Christ: the period immediately before the festival of the Nativity including four Sundays—from the first after St Andrew's Day (November 30) to Christmas eve.—n. Ad′ventist one who believes in the second coming of Christ to set up a kingdom on the earth: a millenarian—adj. Advent′ual (obs.) relating to Advent.
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例句/造句/用法:
- Yet, as far as she was concerned, could I lament that she was removed in early youth from the certain advent of misery? 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- So rude was the native culture of the Romans that it is doubtful whether they had any schools before the advent of Greek learning. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- But all this has been changed by the advent of the reaper, and ere long the grain cradle will hang on the walls of the museum as an ethnological specimen only. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- The advent of firearms has changed all this. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- This fierce green warrior had been the first to greet me that day, now twenty years gone, which had witnessed my first advent upon Mars. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- It was to be within a few hours, had your advent not caused an interruption of their plans. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- The labor involved in the care of numerous stoves is considerable, and hence the advent of a central heating stove, or furnace, was a great saving in strength and fuel. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- But there was only one circumstance which could dislodge him, and that was the advent of a greater man. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- The advent of the explosion? 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- The sudden advent of the ape had confused her to such an extent that she thought now that he was bearing her toward the beach. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- With the advent of the dynamo, however, the electric light grew rapidly and developed into conspicuous use. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- I accept it, Jane; let the daughter have free advent--my arms wait to receive her. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- No: only the advent of Betteredge. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Before the advent of the American, the medium of exchange between the Indian and the white man was pelts. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- The advent of refrigeration, however, really marked the beginning of the modern packing era. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
校對:谢尔曼