1 N-UNCOUNT 黄昏;薄暮 Twilight is the time just before night when the daylight has almost gone but when it is not completely dark. 黄昏;薄暮
SYN dusk, evening, sunset, early evening
2 N-UNCOUNT 暮光 Twilight is the small amount of light that there is outside just after the sun has gone down. 暮光
SYN half-light, gloom, dimness, semi-darkness
3 N-SING [NOUN n] 最后阶段;衰落时期 The twilight of a particular period of time is the final stages of it, when the most important events have already happened. 最后阶段;衰落时期
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Now both men are in the twilight of their careers. [+ of]
现在两人的事业都到了没落期。
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I am getting old. I am in the twilight of my life.
我老了，到了生命的暮年。
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…the twilight years of the Habsburg empire.
哈布斯堡帝国的衰落时期
SYN decline, last years, final years, closing years
4 ADJ [ADJ n] 蒙眬的;含混的;界限模糊的 A twilight state or a twilight zone is a situation of confusion or uncertainty, which seems to exist between two different states or categories. 蒙眬的;含混的;界限模糊的
| Word Link | twi ≈ two : twice, twilight, twin |
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