advent

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• ①[Advent]1耶稣的降临;降临期间;降临节;【天主教】待降节(圣[耶]诞节前包括四个星期日的时间)2耶稣的再临(=the Second Advent [Coming])

• ②[the advent](重要人物或事物的)到来,来临
  • the advent of a new era新时代的来临
  • With the advent of the new president, the corporation began to prosper.随着新总裁的来临,该公司开始繁荣起来。
  • Our life has changed greatly since the advent of television.自从电视问世以来,我们的生活大大改变了。
  • This sort of work would have been inconceivable before the advent of microprocessors.在微处理机问世以前,这种工作实在难以想像。