evening

英 [ˈiːvnɪŋ]

美 [ˈiːvnɪŋ]

n. 晚上; 傍晚; 晚会; 晚间活动
v. （使）平; （使）相等; （使）变平
even的现在分词

复数：evenings　

Oxford 3000 / Collins.4 / BNC.651 / COCA.961

习惯用语

the other day/morning/evening/week

noun

晚上；傍晚
the part of the day between the afternoon and the time you go to bed
1. I'll see you tomorrow evening.
  我明天晚上见你。
2. Come over on Thursday evening.
  星期四晚上过来。
3. What do you usually do in the evening ?
  你晚上通常干什么？
4. She's going to her sister's for the evening .
  她打算晚上到姐姐家去。
5. the long winter evenings
  冬季漫长的夜晚
6. the evening performance
  晚上的演出
晚会；晚间活动
an event of a particular type happening in the evening
1. a musical evening at school (= when music is performed)
  学校的音乐晚会

noun

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:eveeveneventide
the early part of night (from dinner until bedtime) spent in a special way
1. an evening at the opera
a later concluding time period
1. it was the evening of the Roman Empire

It was getting towards evening when we got back
我们回来的时候已经快到晚上了。
Please come back to dinner this evening as early as possible.
请今晚上尽可能早点儿回来吃晚饭。
We were to have had dinner together yesterday evening, but he stood me up
我们昨晚本来要一起吃晚饭的，但他爽约了。
On Friday evening he passed this word along.
星期五晚上他传来了这句话。
The climax came one sultry August evening.
在8月一个闷热的夜晚，高潮到来了。
It's been a beautiful evening and you have made it all possible.
那是个美好的夜晚，你让一切成为可能。
Towards evening the carnival entered its final stage.
临近傍晚时，狂欢节进入最后阶段。
It was just gone 7 o'clock this evening when I finished.
今晚我做完的时候刚过7点。
She reached Karachi on Monday evening, the journey having occupied three days and nine hours.
她在星期一晚上抵达了卡拉奇，这段行程耗时3天9小时。
All he did that evening was sit around the flat
那天晚上他一直在公寓里无所事事地坐着。