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。
• Is that like our New Year's Eve?
  和我们的新年前夜一样吗？
• Eve took the blame for the mistake.
  伊夫承担这个错误的责任。
• That's right, you weren't here Christmas eve.
  对了，圣诞节前你不在这儿。
• We caroused all through the night on new year's eve.
  除夕大伙儿闹了一夜。
• 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。
• I had a blast on New Year's Eve with my cousins.
  除夕夜那晚我和我的表兄妹们玩得很开心。
• We went shopping on New Year's Eve.
  新年前夕我们去逛街了。
• We all went to a party on New Year's Eve.
  我们都去参加了除夕晚会。
• 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。