afternoon是什麽意思

afternoon

英 [ɑːftə'nuːn] 美 [,æftɚ'nun]

n. 午後，下午

英文詞源

afternoon (n.): c. 1300, from after + noon. In 15c.-16c., the form was at afternoon; from c. 1600 it has been in the afternoon. Middle English also had aftermete "afternoon, part of the day following the noon meal," mid-14c.

雙語例句

1. They rose to the challenge of entertaining 80 school-children for an afternoon.: 他們一個下午成功接待了80名學童。

2. It was a marvellous afternoon with a huge turnout of people.: 那是個美妙的下午，出席人數眾多。

3. The President met this afternoon with his top military advisers.: 總統今天下午會見了他最得力的軍事顧問。

4. It happened at Stamford Bridge one murky November afternoon.: 這發生在11月一個陰沉的下午，斯坦福德橋上。

5. The fighting began in the late afternoon and continued all night.: 戰鬥在傍晚時分打響，持續了一夜。

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