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alight

US [əˈlaɪt]
UK [ə'laɪt]
  • adj.容光焕发；燃烧；着火；兴奋
  • v.降落；飞落；从（公共汽车、火车等）下来
  • Web落下；下车；点亮的
Simple Present：alights  Present Participle：alighting  Past Tense：alighted  

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adj.
1.
燃烧；着火on fire
A cigarette set the dry grass alight .
一支香烟把干草点燃了。
Her dress caught alight in the fire.
她的衣服让火烧着了。
2.
容光焕发；兴奋showing a feeling of happiness or excitement
v.
1.
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~ (in/on/upon sth)
降落；飞落to land in or on sth after flying to it
2.
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~ (from sth)
从（公共汽车、火车等）下来to get out of a bus, a train or other vehicle
Do not alight from a moving bus.
公共汽车行驶时不要下车。

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Definition:
AllAll,容光焕发容光焕发,燃烧燃烧,着火着火,兴奋兴奋,降落降落,飞落飞落,从下来从下来,落下落下,下车下车,点亮的点亮的
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1.
He saw no reason why one lamp was still alight and tried to snuff it out. But whatever he did, the lamp kept burning.
他觉得白天不需要点灯，就想把它吹熄，但无论他怎么吹都吹不熄灭。
tā jué de bái tiān bù xū yào diǎn dēng , jiù xiǎng bǎ tā chuī xī , dàn wú lùn tā zěn me chuī dōu chuī bù xī miè 。
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2.
Before I am allowed to alight, several young Papuans scout the area, to see that nobody is watching us.
在我被允许下车之前，几个巴布亚年青人在四周进行了侦查，以确保没有人在监视我们。
zài wǒ bèi yǔn xǔ xià chē zhī qián , jǐ gè bā bù yà nián qīng rén zài sì zhōu jìn xíng le zhēn chá , yǐ què bǎo méi yǒu rén zài jiān shì wǒ men 。
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3.
All these clouds were alight with a dark red glow and a few of them seemed to be afire, not by the sun, but within themselves.
这些云都笼罩在一种深红色的亮光中，其中几片就像被点燃了一样，不是被太阳点燃的，而是自己从里面燃烧了起来。
zhè xiē yún dōu lǒng zhào zài yī zhǒng shēn hóng sè de liàng guāng zhōng , qí zhōng jī piàn jiù xiàng bèi diǎn rán le yí yàng , bú shì bèi tài yáng diǎn rán de , ér shì zì jǐ cóng lǐ miàn rán shāo le qǐ lái 。
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4.
They would not be likely to alight on the surface of the sea.
它们大概不会降落于海面上。
tā men dà gài bú huì jiàng luò yú hǎi miàn shàng 。
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5.
In this case, unlike that of natural selection, Darwin's thinking did not set the world alight.
这一次，达尔文的观点并没有像自然选择学说一样，轰动世界。
zhè yī cì , dá ěr wén de guān diǎn bìng méi yǒu xiàng zì rán xuǎn zé xué shuō yí yàng , hōng dòng shì jiè 。
www.ecocn.org
6.
Confucius wonder ah, he just did not say ah, it alight asked to do, do not hide, Confucius told his son said.
孔子纳闷啊，刚才他没说啊，就下车问农夫，农夫也不隐瞒，告诉孔子是他儿子说的。
kǒng zǐ nà mèn na , gāng cái tā méi shuō ya , jiù xià chē wèn nóng fū , nóng fū yě bù yǐn mán , gào su kǒng zǐ shì tā ér zǐ shuō de 。
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7.
He had been stabbed and set alight and he died on his way to hospital.
他被严重刺伤，还被火烧过，最终在送往医院的途中死亡。
tā bèi yán zhòng cì shāng , hái bèi huǒ shāo guò , zuì zhōng zài sòng wǎng yī yuàn de tú zhōng sǐ wáng 。
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After the rover mission, China will launch a temporary lunar drill, which will alight on the surface, take a sample and take off again.
在这个登月车计划之后，中国将进行一个短期的登月演练，包括飞落到月球表面，取一个样本并再次起飞。
zài zhè ge dēng yuè chē jì huà zhī hòu , zhōng guó jiāng jìn xíng yī gè duǎn qī de dēng yuè yǎn liàn , bāo kuò fēi luò dào yuè qiú biǎo miàn , qǔ yí ge yàng běn bìng zài cì qǐ fēi 。
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9.
Body is a bodhi tree, the heart like a mirror sets, always wipe off ground, without rendering the dust alight.
身是菩提树，心如明镜台，时时勤拂拭，勿使惹尘埃。
shēn shì pú tí shù , xīn rú míng jìng tái , shí shí qín fú shì , wù shǐ rě chén āi 。
zhidao.baidu.com
10.
The fact was the servant had carelessly left some dry wood near the fire and the wood was alight and blazing hard. Mr.
原来是这个仆人不小心把几块干木头落在火旁烧着了，并且火着得很猛。
yuán lái shì zhè ge pú rén bù xiǎo xīn bǎ jǐ kuài gàn mù tóu luò zài huǒ páng shāo zháo le , bìng qiě huǒ zhe de hěn měng 。
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