;前夕;前一天;前一段时间The eve of a particular event or occasion is the day before it, or the period of time just before it.
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...on the eve of his 27th birthday.
在他27岁生日前一天
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eve/iːv; NAmEiːv/noun1the day or evening before an event, especially a religious festival or holiday (尤指宗教节假日的)前夜,前夕◆Christmas Eve (= 24 December)圣诞前夕(12 月 24 日)◆a New Year's Eve party (= on 31 December)除夕晚会◆on the eve ofthe election 在选举前夕2( old useorliterary) evening 傍晚;黄昏eveeveseve/iːv; NAmEiːv/
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eveeve /iːv/ noun
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1[countable usually singular] the night or day before an important dayeve of on the eve of the election We’re arriving on Christmas Eve. a New Year’s Eve party2[countable] literary evening: one summer’s eve
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