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[VERB 动词](人或交通工具)到达,抵达 When a person or vehicle
arrives at a place, they come to it at the end of a journey.
Fresh groups of guests arrived...
新的客人接踵而来。
...a small group of commuters waiting for their train, which arrived on time...
几个通勤者等候的列车按时到达了
The Princess Royal arrived at Gatwick this morning from Jamaica.
长公主殿下从牙买加出发,今天早上抵达盖特威克机场。
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[VERB 动词]初次来到;初来乍到 When you
arrive at a place, you come to it for the first time in order to stay, live, or work there.
[V prep/adv]
[V-ed]
[Also V]
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[VERB 动词]被送达;被带来 When something such as letter or meal
arrives, it is brought or delivered to you.
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[VERB 动词](新产品或发明)出现,到来,问世 When something such as a new product or invention
arrives, it becomes available.
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[VERB 动词](尤指经过等待或期盼后)来临,到来 When a particular moment or event
arrives, it happens, especially after you have been waiting for it or expecting it.
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[VERB 动词]作出(决定) When you
arrive at something such as a decision, you decide something after thinking about it or discussing it.
...if the jury cannot arrive at a unanimous decision...
如果陪审团不能作出一致判决
These figures are arrived at on the basis of dentists' receipts for 1991-1992.
这些数字是根据1991至1992年间的牙医收据统计得出的。
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[VERB 动词](婴儿)出生,降生 When a baby
arrives, it is born.
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[VERB 动词]取得成功;成名 If you say that someone
has arrived, you mean that they have become successful or famous.
Usage Note :
You use both arrive and reach to talk about coming to a particular place. You can use arrive to emphasize being in a place rather than travelling to it. When I arrived in England I was exhausted. Reach is always followed by a noun or pronoun referring to a place, and you can use it to emphasize the effort required to get there. To reach the capital might not be easy. Arrive at and reach can also be used to say that someone eventually makes a decision or finds the answer to something. It took hours to arrive at a decision... They were unable to reach a decision.
arrive和reach都可表示到达某地。arrive强调“在某地”,而非“去某地”:When I arrived in England I was exhausted(我到达英格兰的时候已经精疲力竭了)。reach后面总是接表示地点的名词或代词,强调到达某地的不易:To reach the capital might not be easy(到达首都可能不太容易)。arrive at和reach也可以用来表示终于作出决定或是找到答案:It took hours to arrive at a decision(作决定花了几个小时的时间),They were unable to reach a decision(他们没能达成一项决议)。