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afternoon是什么意思

afternoon

英 [ɑːftə'nuːn] 美 [,æftɚ'nun]

n. 午后，下午

英文词源

afternoon (n.): c. 1300, from after + noon. In 15c.-16c., the form was at afternoon; from c. 1600 it has been in the afternoon. Middle English also had aftermete "afternoon, part of the day following the noon meal," mid-14c.

双语例句

1. They rose to the challenge of entertaining 80 school-children for an afternoon.: 他们一个下午成功接待了80名学童。

2. It was a marvellous afternoon with a huge turnout of people.: 那是个美妙的下午，出席人数众多。

3. The President met this afternoon with his top military advisers.: 总统今天下午会见了他最得力的军事顾问。

4. It happened at Stamford Bridge one murky November afternoon.: 这发生在11月一个阴沉的下午，斯坦福德桥上。

5. The fighting began in the late afternoon and continued all night.: 战斗在傍晚时分打响，持续了一夜。