eve

英 [iːv]

美 [iːv]

n.  (尤指宗教节假日的)前夜，前夕; 傍晚; 黄昏

复数：eves　

CET4考研TEM4

Collins.2 / BNC.5529 / COCA.6991

牛津词典

noun

• （尤指宗教节假日的）前夜，前夕
  the day or evening before an event, especially a religious festival or holiday
  1. Christmas Eve (= 24 December)
     圣诞前夕（12月24日）
  2. a New Year's Eve party (= on 31 December)
     除夕晚会
  3. on the eve of the election
     在选举前夕
• 傍晚；黄昏
  evening

柯林斯词典

• See also:...on the eve of his 27th birthday.Christmas EveNew Year's Eve

英英释义

noun

• the day before
  1. he always arrives on the eve of her departure
• the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
  1. he enjoyed the evening light across the lake
  Synonym:eveningeveneventide
• the period immediately before something
  1. on the eve of the French Revolution

双语例句

• Eve isn't the type to sit around doing nothing
  伊芙不是那种喜欢坐在那里无所事事的人。
• I have attended Community Evening for the New Year's Eve with my family in the recent years.
  近几年，我和我的家人还参加了社区的除夕狂欢晚会。
• 'Send her away,' Eve said in a cold, hard voice.
  “把她打发走。”伊芙冷酷无情地说道。
• On the eve of the poll, campaigning was bitter.
  在投票前夕，竞选活动如火如荼。
• They held a party on New Year's Eve.
  他们在除夕举行了晚会。
• On the eve of the Revolution, the colonies produced thirty thousand tons of crude iron a year.
  独立战争前夕，北美十三州每年生产3万吨生铁。
• That's right, you weren't here Christmas eve.
  对了，圣诞节前你不在这儿。
• On New Year's Eve he confided that he had suffered rather troubling chest pains
  新年前夜，他诉说他胸口疼得相当厉害。
• We all went to a party on New Year's Eve.
  我们都去参加了除夕晚会。
• The protest comes on the eve of two days of talks in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, sponsored by the United Nations.
  抗议活动发生在联合国组织的于埃塞俄比亚首都亚的斯亚贝巴进行的为期两天的会谈即将开始前。