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arriving

UK //əˈraɪvɪŋ//US //əˈraɪvɪŋ//

词源

源自中古英语 ariven,借自古法语 ariver,最终来自拉丁语 ad-(朝向)+ ripa(河岸),原指船只靠岸。

verb

❶ 到达某个地方,尤指旅程的终点。用于描述人或交通工具抵达目的地时的状态。

“The train is arriving at platform 3 in five minutes.”

(火车将在五分钟后抵达3号站台。)

“We watched the ships arriving at the harbor at dawn.”

(我们看着船只黎明时分抵达港口。)

❶ (时间或事件)到来,发生。描述某个预期时刻或情况开始出现的过程。

“Winter is arriving earlier this year.”

(今年冬天来得比往年早。)

“The moment of truth arrived when the test results were published.”

(考试成绩公布时,真相大白的时刻到来了。)

同义词:coming, reaching, appearing, showing up, getting in

常见短语

arriving at — 到达某地或达成某种结论,既可用于具体地点也可用于抽象概念。

“After hours of discussion, we finally arrived at a decision.”

(经过数小时讨论,我们终于达成了决定。)

newly arriving — 描述刚刚到达的人或事物,强调其新鲜性和初始状态。

“The teacher helped the newly arriving students with their schedules.”

(老师帮助新到的学生安排课程表。)