dawn

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UK [dɔːn]
  • n.黎明；曙光；拂晓；破晓
  • v.开始；变得明朗；开始清楚
  • Web道恩；晨曦；开端
Plural Form：dawns  Present Participle：dawning  Past Tense：dawned  

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Dawn
n.
1.
[u][c]
黎明；拂晓；破晓the time of day when light first appears
They start work at dawn .
天一亮他们就开始干活了。
It's almost dawn.
天快亮了。
We arrived in Sydney as dawn broke(= as the first light could be seen) .
黎明时分我们到达了悉尼。
I woke up just before dawn.
我正好在拂晓前醒来。
summer's early dawns
夏日早到的黎明
He works from dawn till dusk(= from morning till night) .
他从早到晚地工作。
2.
[sing]
~ (of sth)
开端；曙光；萌芽the beginning or first signs of sth
the dawn of civilization/time/history
文明╱时代╱历史的开端
Peace marked a new dawn in the country's history.
和平使这个国家的历史翻开了新的一页。
v.
1.
[i]
开始to begin
The following morning dawned bright and warm.
第二天一大早阳光和煦。
A new technological age had dawned.
新技术时代已经开始。
2.
[i]
变得明朗；开始清楚to become obvious or easy to understand
Slowly the awful truth dawned.
可怕的事实慢慢地清晰起来。

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1.
The pale pink light of dawn found her still out on her terrace asleep upon the grass beneath a blanket of fine dew.
淡粉色的晨曦捕获到她依旧在她的露台上，睡在草地上，覆盖着一层嫌隙的露珠。
dàn fěn sè de chén xī bǔ huò dào tā yī jiù zài tā de lù tái shàng , shuì zài cǎo dì shàng , fù gài zhe yī céng xián xì de lù zhū 。
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2.
Since the dawn of human existence on earth, campfires have been a favorite place to gather and communicate.
自从人类在地球上存在以来，人们便喜欢聚在篝火边，互相交流。
zì cóng rén lèi zài dì qiú shàng cún zài yǐ lái , rén men biàn xǐ huan jù zài gōu huǒ biān , hù xiāng jiāo liú 。
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3.
Their experiments solved one of the great mysteries of biology, one scientists had wrestled with since the dawn of genetics.
他们的实验解决了生物学的一大谜团，这个谜团是科学家们自遗传学诞生以来一直竭力寻求解答的。
tā men de shí yàn jiě jué le shēng wù xué de yī dà mí tuán , zhè ge mí tuán shì kē xué jiā men zì yí chuán xué dàn shēng yǐ lái yì zhí jié lì xún qiú jiě dá de 。
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4.
It remains unclear who commissioned "Project Cyber Dawn" and how much of a role the U.
目前尚不清楚是由谁授权启动了这项“赛格黎明工程”，也不知道美政府在其中究竟是什么样的角色。
mù qián shàng bù qīng chǔ shì yóu shuí shòu quán qǐ dòng le zhè xiàng " sài gé lí míng gōng chéng " , yě bù zhī dào měi zhèng fǔ zài qí zhōng jiū jìng shì shén me yàng de jué sè 。
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5.
At dawn the Totenkopf Division launched multiple attacks from its small bridgeheads to overwhelm all the British defences in its sector.
拂晓时分，“骷髅”师从桥头堡四面出击，压制了战区内的英国守军。
fú xiǎo shí fēn , " kū lóu " shī cóng qiáo tóu bǎo sì miàn chū jī , yā zhì le zhàn qū nèi de yīng guó shǒu jūn 。
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6.
Waves of sand, firmed by an overnight rain, flow along the route of a fisherman pedaling his catch at dawn to trade it for supplies.
一夜的雨水使流动的沙浪变得坚固。拂晓，一名渔民骑车驼着捕获物前去换取日常用品。
yī yè de yǔ shuǐ shǐ liú dòng de shā làng biàn de jiān gù 。 fú xiǎo , yī míng yú mín qí chē tuó zhe bǔ huò wù qián qù huàn qǔ rì cháng yòng pǐn 。
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7.
Too slow to be a meteor, too bright when seen at dawn or dusk to be considered contrails, and with a signature flare of two tails.
流星的话太过缓慢，认为是飞机凝结尾气的话在破晓或黄昏时候看去太过明亮，而且还有明显的两条尾巴。
liú xīng de huà tài guò huǎn màn , rèn wéi shì fēi jī níng jié wěi qì de huà zài pò xiǎo huò huáng hūn shí hou kàn qù tài guò míng liàng , ér qiě hái yǒu míng xiǎn de liǎng tiáo wěi ba 。
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8.
His brother was clumsy since the birth, he was at work from the first dawn of day, singing at the top of his lungs.
相反，他的兄弟虽然天生笨拙，但是他每天天一亮就起来，一边高唱着歌，一边干活。
xiāng fǎn , tā de xiōng dì suī rán tiān shēng bèn zhuō , dàn shì tā měi tiān tiān yī liàng jiù qǐ lái , yì biān gāo chàng zhe gē , yì biān gàn huó 。
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9.
Since the dawn of humanity in Africa, drums have provided the pulse of our history. They continue to help us celebrate our common humanity.
自人类在非洲起步以来，鼓就成了我们历史的脉搏，至今仍在协助我们欢庆共同的人类。
zì rén lèi zài fēi zhōu qǐ bù yǐ lái , gǔ jiu chéng le wǒ men lì shǐ de mài bó , zhì jīn réng zài xié zhù wǒ men huān qìng gòng tóng de rén lèi 。
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10.
The gray dawn began to dim the light of the rushcandle, before Mary thought it possible that day was already trembling on the horizon.
玛丽还没有想到天光会从地平线上透露的时候，鱼肚色的早晨已使烛火变得暗淡了。
mǎ lì hái méi yǒu xiǎng dào tiān guāng huì cóng dì píng xiàn shàng tòu lù de shí hou , yú dǔ sè de zǎo chén yǐ shǐ zhú huǒ biàn de àn dàn le 。
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