onset 英 [ˈɒnset]   美 [ˈɑnset]

onset

onset  英 [ˈɒnset] 美 [ˈɑnset]

n. 开始,着手;发作;进攻 

名词复数:onsets 

the onset of disease , the onset of old age, the onset of winter 疾病的发作;老年的开始;冬天的来临
Our troops withstood the onset of the enemy. 我们的部队抵挡住了敌人的进攻.

  • When something is at its onset, it's at the beginning, just getting started, and it's often something that's not so pleasant. The onset of hurricane season is probably not the best time to visit the beach.
  • 请先登录
  • n. 开始,着手;发作;进攻
  • 1. the onset of disease , the onset of old age, the onset of winter

    疾病的发作;老年的开始;冬天的来临

  • 2. Our troops withstood the onset of the enemy.

    我们的部队抵挡住了敌人的进攻.

  • 3. He went to see a doctor at the onset of a fever.

    他开始发烧时便去看医生了.

  • 4. With the onset of war, oil prices climbed past $30 a barrel.

    战争一爆发,油价就攀过了每桶30美元。

  • onset (n.) 1530s, "attack, assault," from on + set (n.); compare verbal phrase to set (something) on (someone). Weaker sense of "beginning, start" first recorded 1560s. Figurative use in reference to a calamity, disease, etc. is from 1580s.
onset / ˈɒnset ; NAmE ˈɑːnset ; ˈɔːnset / noun [singular ] the beginning of sth, especially sth unpleasant 开端,发生,肇始(尤指不快的事件) the onset of disease/old age/winter 疾病的发作;老年的开始;冬天的来临 onset onsets onset / ˈɒnset ; NAmE ˈɑːnset ; ˈɔːnset /
  • 请先登录