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单词 twilight
释义 twilight¹ /ˈtwaɪˌlaɪt/ n.
1.(small amount of light)(太阳在地平线下时的)微光;(尤指)暮光, 暮色

He flew out into the deepening autumn twilight.他冲进了渐浓的秋日暮色中。

in the twilight在暮色中

I couldn't quite make out the shapes in the twilight.在朦胧的暮色中, 我看不清那些人影。

2.(dusk)黄昏

They returned at twilight.他们黄昏时分回来了。

3.(in which the sun is a specified angle below horizon)曙暮光
4.(any faint light)微光
5.(period of decline)+of career, life, civilization, empire衰落时期;没落时期;暮年时期
the twilight of sth…的没落期

Now both men are in the twilight of their careers.现在两个男人的事业都处于没落期。

in the twilight of your life在生命的暮年

I am getting old. I am in the twilight of my life.我老了, 到生命的暮年了。

twilight² /ˈtwaɪˌlaɪt/ comp.
1.(relating to dusk)黄昏的
2.(final)+ years衰落的;没落的;暮年的

He was brought up in the twilight years of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.他成长于奥匈帝国的衰落时期。

3.(uncertain, obscure)朦胧的;含混的;模糊的

McClellan ended up blind and virtually immobile, living a twilight existence.麦克莱伦最后失明了, 几乎寸步难行, 过着一种模模糊糊的生活。

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