advent

英 [ˈædvent]

美 [ˈædvent]

n.  (重要事件、人物、发明等的)出现，到来; 将临节，基督降临节(圣诞节前的四个星期)

复数：advents　

考研TOEFLIELTSGRETEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.6412 / COCA.8129

牛津词典

noun

• （重要事件、人物、发明等的）出现，到来
  the coming of an important event, person, invention, etc.
  1. the advent of new technology
     新技术的出现
• 将临节，基督降临节（圣诞节前的四个星期）
  the period of four weeks before Christmas in the Christian religion

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT （重大事件、发明或情况的）出现，问世，到来
  The advent ofan important event, invention, or situation is the fact of it starting or coming into existence.
  1. ...the leap forward in communication made possible by the advent of the mobile phone.
     手机的问世带来了通讯业的迅猛发展
  2. The advent of war led to a greater austerity.
     战争的到来使形势更为严峻。
• N-UNCOUNT （人物的）到达，到来
  Theadvent ofa person at a place is their arrival there.
  1. Deptford had come alive with the advent of the new priest at St Paul's.
     圣保罗教堂新牧师的到来使德特福德变得生机勃勃。

英英释义

noun

• arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
  1. the advent of the computer
  Synonym:coming

双语例句

• The advent of multi-core processors offers new performance opportunities.
  多核处理器的降临带来了新的性能潜力。
• The advent of risk society challenges the development of law, and also provides space for the judicial activism.
  风险社会的来临对法律的发展提出了挑战，也为司法能动提供了空间。
• Swallows come by group at the advent of spring.
  春天来临时燕子成群飞来。
• The advent of knowledge economy will be bringing challenge and opportunity for geographical development.
  摘要知识经济的到来给地理学的发展带来挑战和机遇。
• The advent of the Internet has greatly transformed people's traditional lifestyle.
  互联网的出现大大地改变了人们传统的生活方式。
• With the advent of the new era, the creation of dance drama music truly entered a golden age.
  新时期以来舞剧音乐创作真正进入了黄金时代。
• The advent of television brought about a revolution in product and service.
  电视的出现为产品和服务的促销方式带来了一场革命。
• The advent of digital technology only exacerbated photography's flight into fable.
  数码技术的出现只是进一步将摄影推入了虚构的境地。
• Many jobs have become extinct with the advent of computers.
  随着计算机的出现，许多工作都不复存在了。
• With the advent of cloud computing we quickly realized that this metered resource usage had another important management perspective-costing.
  随着云计算的到来，我们很快意识到这种对资源使用的计量还有另外一个重要的管理角度&成本核算。