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dawning

/daw-ning/US // ˈdɔ nɪŋ //

曙光,曙光乍现,曙光初现,晨曦

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : daybreak; dawn.
    • : beginning; start: the dawning of the space age.

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Examples

  • At the dawning of the 20th century, disapproving parents, work schedules or unexpected pregnancies could cause couples to rush to the altar.

  • Over the years, even during the dawning of the “3-point revolution” in the NBA, the 3-pointer had always been a larger part of the men’s college game.

  • Rain on the horizon and the dawning realization that we are not going to make the Namibian border before it closes.

  • I think this realization is dawning on much of the media as well.

  • But perhaps, just perhaps, we are starting to see a dawning unease among politicians of both parties.

  • Suddenly it is dawning on everyone, including members of Congress, just how much power Facebook is amassing.

  • From the dawning of silent films, moviemakers have turned to books for grist.

  • And yet in an interview, Krikorian, too, seems oddly sanguine about the dawning of the Obama era.

  • They embody in themselves the uppermost thought of the era that was dawning when they were written.

  • I thought it curious to observe this first dawning of literature and interest in politics in this little island.

  • The wonderful cold wind of a dawning frenzy swept clean his soul.

  • The little cottage of Um's birth, of her short, happy life and dawning fame, drew itself together in the unusual silence.

  • Her face grew paler still, her eyes were wide with fear and slowly dawning realisation.