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eve

/eev/US // iv //UK // (iːv) //

除夕,除夕夜,前夕,除夕之夜

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the evening or the day before a holiday, church festival, or any date or event: Christmas Eve; the eve of an execution.
    • : the period preceding or leading up to any event, crisis, etc.: on the eve of the American Revolution.
    • : the evening.

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Examples

  • On the eve of the 2016 presidential election, Democrats had a mere 1-point advantage.

  • On the eve of the pandemic’s outbreak in mid-March, Kohl’s had a new turnaround plan it wanted to unveil to Wall Street that it hoped would finally shake years of stagnation.

  • The company has an ethical obligation not to delay a product that is ready to save lives, despite the risk that a vaccine announced on the eve of a contentious election could stoke partisan perceptions.

  • Nevertheless, it’s possible that sometime in October, a judge has been nominated and perhaps confirmation hearings are taking place, right on the eve of the election.

  • A cautionary tale of poor ventilation comes from Guangzhou, China, on the eve of Lunar New Year.

  • Both have different venues in cities across the country on Christmas Eve (and in some cases, Christmas night, too).

  • Liu was nearing the 20th anniversary of his arrival in America, having landed from China on Christmas Eve, 1994, at the age of 12.

  • Throughout Christmas eve and day, the world is monitoring with bated breath.

  • Many will simply stay away from crowds and stay home this Christmas Eve, which could be a very silent night indeed.

  • So here, for your Christmas Eve pleasure, are 20 of my favorites, 10 from the ecclesiastical division and 10 secular.

  • Eve, too, lovely as she is, seems to bear no likelihood of resemblance to Milton's superb mother of mankind.

  • And when cool silence came again, Hugh begged that the two would have their Christmas Eve dinner with him, at his hotel.

  • He makes love to her, just because it is the nature of a lusty son of Adam to make love to a pretty daughter of Eve.

  • If God put a "will" on Adam's back, and the will followed the beckoning finger of Eve, whose fault was that?

  • Were going to take Patrick down to the pond with us to keep up the fires while were skating, Eve told Laura.

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