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in the evening
泛指在傍晚时段，不加冠词。
I like to read in the evening.
我喜欢在傍晚读书。
傍晚；晚上
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傍晚；晚上
the time of day between afternoon and night
I like to read in the evening.
我喜欢在傍晚读书。
下午和夜晚之间的一段时间。
The time of day between afternoon and night.
傍晚；黄昏
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
从大致仲冬黄昏到午夜之间的一段时间(与下午相对)；正规办公时间结束后的时段。
The time of the day between the approximate time of midwinter dusk and midnight (compare afternoon); the period after the end of regular office working hours.
晚年；末期
a later concluding time period
I usually go for a walk in the evening after dinner.
我通常在晚饭后的傍晚去散步。
AI contextual example
We spent a pleasant evening watching a movie.
我们看了一部电影，度过了一个愉快的傍晚。
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The evening air was cool and refreshing.
傍晚的空气凉爽清新。
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he enjoyed the evening light across the lake
他喜欢湖面上傍晚的光线
WordNet
泛指在傍晚时段，不加冠词。
I like to read in the evening.
我喜欢在傍晚读书。
用于具体某一天的晚上，前面加介词on。
We met on Monday evening.
我们在周一晚上见面了。
指今天或那天晚上，不加介词。
What are you doing this evening?
你今天晚上打算做什么？
Not this
I always study in evening.
Use this
I always study in the evening.
英语中，用介词 'in' 表示一天中的时间段时，'evening' 前通常需要加定冠词 'the'，而中文常省略冠词。
Not this
I saw a movie yesterday night.
Use this
I saw a movie last night.
英语中表示“昨晚”常用 'last night'，而不是 'yesterday night'；'yesterday evening' 可以表示“昨天晚上”，但更自然的说法是 'last night'。
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晚上好
Good evening, Mr. Smith.
晚上好，史密斯先生。
今晚
We are going to the cinema this evening.
我们今晚去看电影。
晚间新闻
I watch the evening news every day.
我每天都看晚间新闻。
晚餐
We usually have our evening meal at 7 o'clock.
我们通常在7点吃晚餐。
晚礼服
She wore a beautiful evening dress to the party.
她穿了一件漂亮的晚礼服去参加派对。
夜校；晚间课程
She attends an evening class to learn French.
她上夜校学习法语。
算账；报复
He scored the winning goal, evening the score with his old rival.
他打进了制胜一球，算是和老对手扯平了。
使平均；均衡
The government's policy aims at evening out the income gap.
政府的政策旨在缩小收入差距。
晚年；暮年
In the evening of his life, he devoted himself to painting.
在晚年时，他专心于绘画。
晚上好，邦德先生。
From the James Bond film series; a stereotypical greeting from the villain.
来自詹姆斯·邦德系列电影，反派典型的问候语。
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evening 谐音‘依宁’，依偎在宁静的傍晚。
通常用于日常对话和正式场合，表示傍晚到就寝前的时间段。
The words meaning, cleaning, leaning, weaning, and preening truly rhyme with evening because they share the stressed vowel /iː/ and the ending /nɪŋ/. Morning also ends in -ing but has a different stressed vowel /ɔː/, so it does not rhyme.
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