advent
advent 英 [ˈædvent] 美 [ˈædˌvɛnt]
n. 到来；出现；基督降临；基督降临节
名词复数:advents
- The advent of something means that it's finally here. You might be waiting for the advent of a new iPhone or for the advent of cloning. Don't hold your breath.
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- n. 到来；出现；基督降临；基督降临节
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1. With the advent of apps, though, it’s become more like my religion.
随着应用程序的出现，它变得更像我的信仰。
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2. When I met him in 2002, he seemed mostly depressed by the advent of the Web.
2002年我遇到他的时候，他看起来似乎对网络的到来没有一点欣喜。
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3. For these patients, our treatment options effectively go back to the era that predates the advent of antibiotics.
对于这类患者，我们的治疗选择实际上回到了抗生素出现以前的时期。
- advent (n.) "important arrival," 1742, an extended sense of Advent "season preceding Christmas" (in reference to the "coming" of Christ), late Old English, from Latin adventus "a coming, approach, arrival," in Church Latin "the coming of the Savior," from past participle stem of advenire "arrive at, come to," from ad "to" (see ad-) + venire "to come," from a suffixed form of PIE root *gwa- "to go, come." Related: Adventual.
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