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

• Richard had turned up on Christmas Eve with Tony
  理查德和托尼在圣诞夜一道露面了。
• Eve took the blame for the mistake.
  伊夫承担这个错误的责任。
• At Christmas the visitors began their circuit of dropping in on the eve of the feast day.
  圣诞节时，客人们在节日前夜开始逐家拜节。
• Wayne and Melissa were married on New Year's Eve that year.
  韦恩和梅丽莎在那年的新年前夕结婚了。
• 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。
• On the eve of the poll, campaigning was bitter.
  在投票前夕，竞选活动如火如荼。
• I spent a lonely Christmas Eve and Christmas day this year though I got him.
  今年我度过了一个孤独的平安夜和圣诞节，虽然有他在身边。
• Eve nodded, almost approvingly. 'Exactly.'
  伊芙几乎赞同地点了点头。“确实如此。”
• We caroused all through the night on new year's eve.
  除夕大伙儿闹了一夜。
• The thread they spin is fine and eve.
  她们纺的线又细又匀。