dawn, twilight
这两个词都有“曙光”的意思。它们的区别在于:
1.dawn指太阳刚要或刚刚升起的“黎明,拂晓”时分; twilight指日出前的曙光。例如:
They stepped out into the twilight.他们走进曙光中。
2.twilight还可指“暮光”“黄昏”,而dawn不可。
3.用于比喻, dawn可指某个时期的“开端; 开始”; twilight则指“恐慌时代”“没落时代”。
dawn, break
这两个词都可作“破晓”解。它们的区别在于:break的主语只能用day; 而dawn的主语用day和morning都可以。例如:
The day breaks at five.
The morning〔day〕 dawns at five.
五点钟天就亮了。
twilight，dawn，dusk
这些名词含有“黎明，黄昏”之意。
twilight指日落后或日出前的微明，但通常侧重于前者。
dawn指天刚亮时的黎明，可作引申用。
dusk指接近夜晚的黄昏时刻。
A new era seemed to be about to dawn for the coach and his young team.
对于那名教练和他的年轻球队来说，一个崭新的时代似乎即将到来。
——柯林斯例句
The business, founded by Dawn and Nigel, suffered financial setbacks.
唐和奈杰尔创办的企业在资金上遇到了一些问题。
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Dawn began to break.
东方欲晓.
——《现代英汉综合大词典》
The war was ended and we looked forward to the dawn of much happier days.
大战结束了,我们盼望着更加美好的日子的来临.
《简明英汉词典》
These days all sorts of people were up at the crack of dawn.
这些天所有人都一大早就起来。
The street lights come on at dusk and go off at dawn.
路灯在黄昏时开,拂晓时关.
——《简明英汉词典》
I started work at dawn and returned only at nightfall.
我披星戴月地工作。
柯林斯例句
Nancy woke at dawn.
拂晓时分南希醒了。
柯林斯例句
They start work at dawn .
天一亮他们就开始干活了。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
At dawn they started off to work in the fields.
天一亮他们就下地干活去了.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
Did you hear the cock crow at dawn?
黎明时你听到鸡叫了 吗 ?
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The soldiers went forward at dawn.
士兵在拂晓时前进.
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Rise at dawn and sweep the courtyard.
黎明即起,洒扫庭除.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
A breakfast will be served to those who last out till dawn!
坚持到天亮的能吃上早餐！
——柯林斯例句
Nothing can be compared, he maintains, with the first cock crow, the twittering of birds at dawn, the sight of the rising sun glinting on the trees and pastures.
金鸡初啼, 黎明鸟语, 那闪烁着朝晖的树木和草原的景色,这一切他认为无可比拟.
《用法词典》
Dawn came, the sea calmed but the cold was as bitter as ever.
破晓之际，海面平静了下来，但是寒冷依旧。
——柯林斯例句
The crow of the cock is a harbinger of dawn.
鸡啼报晓.
——《简明英汉词典》
The cock is the harbinger of dawn.
雄鸡报晓.
——《现代英汉综合大词典》
The demonstration lasted from dawn till dusk.
示威游行由黎明一直持续到天黑.
——《简明英汉词典》
They got across the bridge before dawn.
他们于破晓前过了那座桥.
——《简明英汉词典》
They got the soldiers up well before dawn.
天蒙蒙亮他们就叫士兵们起床.
——《简明英汉词典》
The gleam of dawn shimmered in the east.
东方发亮了.
——《现代汉英综合大词典》
Dawn is beginning to show in the east.
东方露出了曙光.
——《现代汉英综合大词典》
They work from dawn till dark.
他们从天亮一直工作到天黑.
——《简明英汉词典》
We can only guess what went through the mind of a man who could look back to the dawn of powered flight.
一个能够回想起动力飞行初始阶段的人那时脑子里想了些什么，我们只能够猜测而已。
——柯林斯例句
We got the order to saddle up just after dawn.
我们得到命令,天一亮就要上好马鞍.
——《简明英汉词典》
The revels often last until dawn.
狂欢常常持续到黎明。
——柯林斯例句
They talked till dawn.
他们一直谈到天明.
——《简明英汉词典》
There had been a skirmish in the half light of dawn.
天朦朦亮的时候曾经有过一场小规模的战斗.
——《简明英汉词典》
The enemy opened fire on our lines at early dawn.
拂晓时敌人向我阵线开了火.
——《现代汉英综合大词典》
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