词汇精选：dawn的用法和辨析

一、详细释义：

n.

黎明，拂晓

例句：

Nancy woke at dawn.

拂晓时分南希醒了。

例句：

At dawn the farmers began to arouse.

黎明时农民们开始醒来。

例句：

The darkest hour is that before the dawn.

最黑暗的时刻是黎明之前。

开端

例句：

We can only guess what went through the mind of a man who could look back to the dawn of powered flight.

一个能够回想起动力飞行初始阶段的人那时脑子里想了些什么，我们只能够猜测而已。

例句：

We believe that debt will matter like it has every time since the dawn of financial history.

我们相信债务将有关系好象它有每时每刻，从金融历史的开端以来。

v.

破晓 [I,T]

例句：

It was as though day had dawned after a long and fearful night.

好象经过漫长而可怕的黑夜之后天又亮了。

例句：

It has dawned but is not yet broad daylight.

明而未融。

出现 [I,T]

例句：

A new era seemed to be about to dawn for the coach and his young team.

对于那名教练和他的年轻球队来说，一个崭新的时代似乎即将到来。

例句：

Throughout Europe a new railway age, that of the high-speed train, has dawned.

新的铁路时代——高速铁路时代，在整个欧洲已经开始出现。

被理解，被领悟 [T]

例句：

The truth began to dawn on him.

他开始弄明白真相。

例句：

The truth began to dawn on her

她开始明白真相。

二、词义辨析：

twilight,dawn,dusk

这些名词含有“黎明，黄昏”之意。twilight指日落后或日出前的微明，但通常侧重于前者。dawn指天刚亮时的黎明，可作引申用。dusk指接近夜晚的黄昏时刻。

三、参考例句：

Nancy woke at dawn.

拂晓时分南希醒了。

They continued the search as dawn broke.

天放亮后他们继续搜寻。

He works from dawn till dusk.

他从天亮工作到天黑.

At dawn the farmers began to arouse.

黎明时农民们开始醒来。

The truth began to dawn upon him.

他开始明白那道理。

The boats set off at dawn.

Dawn is the herald of day.

曙光是白昼的先驱。

Dawn is the messenger of day.

黎明预示着白天的到来。

The truth began to dawn on him.

他开始弄明白真相。

The truth began to dawn on her

她开始明白真相。