Advent



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.到来, 来临
• ［英］ n.到来, 来临 ( coming or arrival)
• ［记］ ad+vent ( 到来) ; 注意词组: with the advent of ( 随着...的来临)
• ［同］ 同根词: intervention ( 干涉) ; convention ( 大会)
• [例] with the advent of ....

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin adventus, from Latin, arrival, from advenire
• Date: 12th century
• 1. the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting
• 2.
  • a. the coming of Christ at the Incarnation
  • b. Second Coming
• 3. not capitalized a coming into being or use the advent of springthe advent of pasteurizationthe advent of personal computers

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