1early morning黎明ADJECTIVE | VERB + DAWN | DAWN + VERB | DAWN + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤grey/gray灰濛濛的黎明▸➤early清晨VERB + DAWN➤greet迎接黎明◇He always got up to greet the dawn.他總是在拂曉時分起牀,迎接黎明的到來。➤see, watch觀看黎明DAWN + VERB➤break, come, come up破曉◇Dawn was breaking over the valley.黎明降臨山谷。DAWN + NOUN➤light, sky黎明的曙光;黎明的天空▸➤chorus拂曉時的啁啾◇The dawn chorus (= birds singing) woke Robyn at five.凌晨 5 點,啁啾的鳥鳴聲把羅賓吵醒了。➤patrol, raid凌晨巡邏;凌晨突擊檢查◇Ammunition was seized during a dawn raid on the house.在凌晨時份對住戶的突擊搜查行動中繳獲了一批彈藥。PREPOSITION➤at dawn在黎明◇That morning, she rose at dawn.那天早晨,天剛亮她就起牀了。➤before dawn黎明前▸➤by dawn到黎明時▸➤till dawn, until dawn直到黎明▸➤towards/toward dawn快到黎明時PHRASES➤(at) the crack of dawn (= as soon as it begins to be light)破晓時分▸➤from dawn to dusk從早到晚◇He works from dawn to dusk, and often well into the night.他從早到晚地工作,經常一直工作到深夜。dawn
noun²
2beginning開始ADJECTIVE | VERB + DAWN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤false虛幻的曙光◇This sudden success may prove to be a false dawn (= not the beginning of continued success).這次的突然成功可能只是一線虛幻的曙光。➤new新的開端VERB + DAWN➤mark, signal標誌着新的開始◇This appointment marked the dawn of a productive era in her scientific career.這一任命標誌着她進入了科研生涯的高產階段。➤see看到曙光◇We are seeing the dawn of a new era.我們看到了新時代的曙光。PREPOSITION➤dawn of⋯的開始◇the dawn of civilization / history文明/歷史的開始◇Let's think back to the dawn of time.讓我們從頭回想一下。dawn
verb¹
1begin開始PHRASES➤dawn bright, clear, cold, sunny, etc.以晴天、晴朗的早晨、寒冷的早晨、陽光明媚的早晨等開始◇The day dawned bright and sunny.一大早陽光明媚。dawn
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2become clear開始明朗ADVERB | VERB + DAWN | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤suddenly突然變得明朗▸➤gradually, slowly逐漸清晰起來;慢慢明晰起來◇It slowly dawned on me that he might have been mistaken.我慢慢明白他可能是弄錯了。➤eventually, finally最終變得明晰;最後明朗起來VERB + DAWN➤begin to開始明朗◇It was beginning to dawn on her that she had been fooled.她開始明白自己被騙了。PREPOSITION➤on讓⋯明白◇The dreadful truth finally dawned on me.我最終知道了可怕的真相。