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dawned

UK //dɔːnd//US //dɔːnd//

词源

源自中古英语 'dawenen',意为‘黎明到来’,与古英语 'dagian'(意为‘天亮’)相关。

verb

❶ 指天开始变亮,太阳即将升起,描述黎明的到来。也比喻某事逐渐变得清晰或明白。

“It dawned on me that I had forgotten my keys.”

(我突然意识到自己忘了带钥匙。)

“A new era dawned with the invention of electricity.”

(随着电的发明,一个新时代开始了。)

同义词:occurred, realized, began, started, emerged

常见短语

dawned on — 突然明白或意识到某事,通常用于描述某个想法或事实逐渐变得清晰的过程。

“It dawned on her that she had been wrong all along.”

(她突然意识到自己一直以来都错了。)