afternoon
英 [ɑːftə'nuːn]
美 [,æftɚ'nun]
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。
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- 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。
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- 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。
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- 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。
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- 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。
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