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afternoon

英 [ɑːftə'nuːn] 美[,æftɚ'nun]
  • n. 午后,下午

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复数: afternoons;

英文词源


afternoon (n.)
c. 1300, from after + noon. In 15c.-16c., the form was at afternoon; from c. 1600 it has been in the afternoon. Middle English also had aftermete "afternoon, part of the day following the noon meal," mid-14c.

双语例句


1. They rose to the challenge of entertaining 80 school-children for an afternoon.
他们一个下午成功接待了80名学童。

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2. It was a marvellous afternoon with a huge turnout of people.
那是个美妙的下午,出席人数众多。

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3. The President met this afternoon with his top military advisers.
总统今天下午会见了他最得力的军事顾问。

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4. It happened at Stamford Bridge one murky November afternoon.
这发生在11月一个阴沉的下午,斯坦福德桥上。

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5. The fighting began in the late afternoon and continued all night.
战斗在傍晚时分打响,持续了一夜。

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