Advent ˈædvent N Noun N Uncount 不可数名词 Important Event
"Advent" signifies the start or arrival of an important event, invention, or person, and in a Christian context, it refers to the period before Christmas.
"Advent" signifies the start or arrival of an important event, invention, or person, and in a Christian context, it refers to the period before Christmas.
[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](重大事件、发明或情况的)出现,问世,到来The advent of an important event, invention, or situation is the fact of it starting or coming into existence.
[usu the N of n]
[FORMAL 正式]
...the leap forward in communication made possible by the advent of the mobile phone.
手机的问世带来了通讯业的迅猛发展
The advent of war led to a greater austerity.
战争的到来使形势更为严峻。
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](人物的)到达,到来 The advent of a person at a place is their arrival there.
[usu the N of n]
[LITERARY 文]
Deptford had come alive with the advent of the new priest at St Paul's.
圣保罗教堂新牧师的到来使德特福德变得生机勃勃。
Oxford
ad·vent/ˈædvent; NAmEˈædvent/noun1[singular ]the adventof sth/sb the coming of an important event, person, invention, etc. (重要事件、人物、发明等的)出现,到来◆the advent of new technology新技术的出现2Advent[uncountable ](in the Christian religion) the period of approximately four weeks before Christmas (基督教)将临节,降临节(圣诞节前的四个星期左右)adventadventsad·vent/ˈædvent; NAmEˈædvent/
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adventad‧vent /ˈædvent/ ●○○ noun written
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the advent of something the time when something first begins to be widely usedSYN coming: the advent of the computer
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n.到来;出现;基督降临;基督降临节
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