新学期开始,只会说start和begin吗?
提到“新学期开始”,许多同学会想到“begin”,“start”这两个词。比如,at the beginning of this term 的意思就为在新学期的开始。但是,China Daily 最新发布了一篇关于新学期开始的文章,我们一起来看看是怎么说的。
New school year dawns amid effective COVID-19 controls
在新冠疫情的有效控制下,新学期开始了。
在这个标题中,用到了动词dawn 开始。这个单词也可以表示名词“开始,开端”。
Dawn means the start of a period of time or the beginning of something new.
The dawn of =the beginning of ...
这两个短语的意思是“....的开始”。
Dawn 除了有动词和名词“开始”的意思之外,还有名词拂晓,破晓,黎明的意思。At dawn 的意思是“在黎明时”。
This national song marked a new dawn in the country s history.
这首国歌标志这个国家的历史翻开了新的一页。
Everyone in my family was happy and full of hope at the dawn of this new year.
在新年开端,每个人都是开心和充满希望的。
Only the cleaner started working at dawn. So we should protect the environment and not throw rubbish everywhere .
只有清洁工在黎明时开始工作。所以我们应该保护环境,不乱扔垃圾。
Dawn on sb
If a fact dawns on you, you understand it after a period of not understanding it.
Dawn有使...明白,使....意识到的意思。
但是,dawn 强调的是,一开始你并不明白某个事实,过了一段时间之后,你明白了。可以称为dawn on sb.
I was about to pay for the meal in the restaurant when it suddenly dawned on me that my wallet was stolen on the way.
在我吃完饭后,打算付款时,我才发现我的钱包被偷了。
After I was reminded by my father ,it dawned on me that we haven t met each other before .
我父亲提醒我之后,我才明白过来,我俩之前没见过。
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