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horizon n.地平线；眼界；范围 (1) 灯光在地平线上闪烁着。(2) 太阳升到地平线上。(3) 要想飞得高,就要把地平线忘掉。(4) 旅行可开阔人的眼界。(5) 她是眼界狭小的女子。(6) 这超过了当前的知识水平的范围。 When you are thinking about your life, it can be difficult to get very far beyond where you are. Teenagers have a hard time imagining beyond the horizons of young adulthood. People expecting a baby often put much of their focus on infancy––having a child who can sit up or even walk is beyond the horizons of their thinking.

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英 [hə'raɪzn] 美 [hə'raɪzn] (1) The lights were blinking on the horizon.(2) The sun rose above the horizon.(3) Forget the horizon then you can fly high.(4) Travel broadens one's horizons.(5) She is a woman of narrow horizons.(6) It is beyond the horizon of present knowledge. When you look out your window and note the furthest point you can see––the line where the sky meets the earth––that edge is called the horizon. Horizon can also mean the edge of something in a figurative sense. 1[N-SING 单数名词]地平线 The horizon is the line in the far distance where the sky seems to meet the land or the sea.   [usu the N]A grey smudge appeared on the horizon. That must be Calais, thought Fay...一个模糊的灰影出现在地平线上。那里一定是加来，法伊心想。The sun had already sunk below the horizon.太阳已经落到了地平线下面。2[N-COUNT 可数名词]范围；眼界；见识 Your horizons are the limits of what you want to do or of what you are interested or involved in.   [usu pl]As your horizons expand, these new ideas can give a whole new meaning to life...随着眼界不断开阔，这些新观念会为生活赋予全新的意义。By embracing other cultures and genres, we actually broaden our horizons, rather than narrow any existing ones.通过接纳其他文化和体裁，我们实际上拓宽了领域，而不是让现有的范围变得狭窄。3[PHRASE 短语]已露端倪的；即将发生的 If something is on the horizon, it is almost certainly going to happen or be done quite soon. With breast cancer, as with many common diseases, there is no obvious breakthrough on the horizon...对乳腺癌等很多常见疾病来说，目前还看不到有明显的突破。Suddenly, with war on the horizon, the army seemed in danger of disintegration...随着战争即将爆发，军队似乎突然面临分崩离析的危险。There are glimmers of hope on the horizon.就快看见希望的曙光了。

英语单词	horizon
英美音标	英 [hə'raɪzn] 美 [hə'raɪzn]
中文释义	n.地平线；眼界；范围
英语例句	(1) The lights were blinking on the horizon. (2) The sun rose above the horizon. (3) Forget the horizon then you can fly high. (4) Travel broadens one's horizons. (5) She is a woman of narrow horizons. (6) It is beyond the horizon of present knowledge.
中文例句	(1) 灯光在地平线上闪烁着。 (2) 太阳升到地平线上。 (3) 要想飞得高,就要把地平线忘掉。 (4) 旅行可开阔人的眼界。 (5) 她是眼界狭小的女子。 (6) 这超过了当前的知识水平的范围。
vocabulary简明	When you look out your window and note the furthest point you can see––the line where the sky meets the earth––that edge is called the horizon. Horizon can also mean the edge of something in a figurative sense.
vocabulary扩展	When you are thinking about your life, it can be difficult to get very far beyond where you are. Teenagers have a hard time imagining beyond the horizons of young adulthood. People expecting a baby often put much of their focus on infancy––having a child who can sit up or even walk is beyond the horizons of their thinking.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-SING 单数名词]地平线 The horizon is the line in the far distance where the sky seems to meet the land or the sea. [usu the N] A grey smudge appeared on the horizon. That must be Calais, thought Fay... 一个模糊的灰影出现在地平线上。那里一定是加来，法伊心想。 The sun had already sunk below the horizon. 太阳已经落到了地平线下面。 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]范围；眼界；见识 Your horizons are the limits of what you want to do or of what you are interested or involved in. [usu pl] As your horizons expand, these new ideas can give a whole new meaning to life... 随着眼界不断开阔，这些新观念会为生活赋予全新的意义。 By embracing other cultures and genres, we actually broaden our horizons, rather than narrow any existing ones. 通过接纳其他文化和体裁，我们实际上拓宽了领域，而不是让现有的范围变得狭窄。 3 [PHRASE 短语]已露端倪的；即将发生的 If something is on the horizon, it is almost certainly going to happen or be done quite soon. With breast cancer, as with many common diseases, there is no obvious breakthrough on the horizon... 对乳腺癌等很多常见疾病来说，目前还看不到有明显的突破。 Suddenly, with war on the horizon, the army seemed in danger of disintegration... 随着战争即将爆发，军队似乎突然面临分崩离析的危险。 There are glimmers of hope on the horizon. 就快看见希望的曙光了。

Horizon Sun Narrow Line Sky Edge [Usu 英