['ædvent]
advent
n. 出现,到来

例句与用法:

  1. Before the advent of the radio, there is advantage in being a shut in.
    在收音机出现之前,当一名隐士尚有不少好处。
  2. The advent of the computer changed people's life greatly.
    计算机的出现极大地改变了人们的生活。
  3. Since the advent of atomic power, there have been great changes in industry.
    自从原子动力问世以后,工业发生了巨大的变化。

英英解释:

名词 advent:

  1. arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
  2. 同义词:coming
  3. the season including the four Sundays preceding Christmas
  4. (Christian theology) the reappearance of Jesus as judge for the Last Judgment
  5. 同义词:Second Coming, Second Coming of Christ, Second Advent, Parousia