| 单词 | eve |
| 释义 | eveWord family nounevenerevennessevenseveeveningevejarevenfallevening classevening primroseevensongeventideadverbevenlyeveningsadjectiveeven-handedeven-temperedeven eve /iːv/ noun 1 [countableC usually singular]TMT the night or day before an important day 前夕；前一天 eve of on the eve of the election 在选举前夕 We’re arriving on Christmas Eve. 我们将在平安夜到达。 a New Year’s Eve party 除夕之夜的派对 2 [countableC] literaryAL evening 傍晚 one summer’s eve 一个夏日的傍晚 Examples from the Corpus eve• Neighbours were evacuated as smoke billowed from the semi-detached bungalow in Didcot, Oxon, late on Christmas eve.• Christmas Eve• He wrings his hands like a fly and clinches his eves at the awful sound of that squeaking.• New Year's Eve• Found hanging.Another student dies on the eve of term.• However, on the eve of the referendum, the majority of priests preached against abortion.• Now, on the eve of the formation of the congress, is a good time to clear up any misapprehensions.• Back in 1988 he had the nerve to raise interest rates on the eve of the Republican convention. Christmas Eve• Within this period, the most significant day is Christmas Eve.• None of the councillors on the Appeal Committee would want to attend an appeal on Christmas Eve.• It smashed down through the top of her skull on Christmas Eve while she was outside playing with friends.• On Christmas Eve he had dinner with friends in Edinburgh.• On Christmas Eve my nine-year-old grandson James was admitted in the early evening for an emergency appendix operation.• That way, Christmas Eve remained special. Even nthe first woman, according to the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic religions. In the Old Testament of the Bible, Eve lived in the Garden of eden with adam, the first man, and persuaded him to eat a fruit which God had forbidden them to eat. → Fall, the (1100-1200) even “evening” ((11-21 centuries)), from Old English æfen; → EVENING |
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