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　

中考高考IELTSCET4考研TEM4

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

习惯用语

n.

the other day/morning/evening/week
• 那天，那天早上，那天晚上，那个星期（用于指说话前不久的日子）
  recently
• I saw Jack the other day.
  我前几天看到杰克了。

牛津词典

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

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 傍晚;晚上
  Theeveningis the part of each day between the end of the afternoon and the time when you go to bed.
  1. 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。
  2. Supper is from 5.00 to 6.00 in the evening...
     晚餐在傍晚5点到6点之间。
  3. Towards evening the carnival entered its final stage.
     临近傍晚时，狂欢节进入最后阶段。

英英释义

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

双语例句

• Would this evening be convenient for you?
  今天晚上你方便吗？
• I spent the evening with an old school friend.
  我跟一个老同学一起度过了那个夜晚。
• If all goes according to plan, the first concert will be Tuesday evening.
  如果一切都按计划进行的话，第一场音乐会将在星期二晚上举行。
• One evening, she made a rare outing to the local discotheque.
  她有天晚上破天荒地去了一次当地的迪斯科舞厅。
• It's been a long time since I heard a blackbird's song in the evening.
  我很久没有听见乌鸫的夜鸣了。
• One evening the film company arranged a formal dinner after the play.
  一天晚上，电影公司在演出结束后安排了一个正式的晚宴。
• We went to dinner the following Monday evening
  接下来那个周一的晚上，我们一起去吃了晚餐。
• The climax came one sultry August evening.
  在8月一个闷热的夜晚，高潮到来了。
• He'd spent most of that evening chatting up one of my friends
  他大半个晚上都在和我的一个朋友搭讪。
• It was getting towards evening when we got back
  我们回来的时候已经快到晚上了。