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单词 eventide
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eventide
noun[CorU]
literary
uk
/ˈiː.vən.taɪd/us
/ˈiː.vən.taɪd/
evening:
傍晚，黄昏，薄暮
Ateventide theylitthelamps.
thefinalpartof aperiodoftime,especiallyof someone'slife:
In the eventide oflifeIfindsolacein theenjoymentofnature.
More examples
  • Shefeltthecalmstillnessof eventide.
  • I have alwayslovedthedarknessoftropicaleventides.
  • It was eventide and themarketwasfinished.
  • They are now in the eventide oftheirworkinglife.
  • When hisbrideto be is 65 he will be 80, and more in need of an eventidehome.
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Stages of life
(Definition ofeventidefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
Examples from literature
  • Although the seas had greatly subsided, and their combs were no longer dangerous, the Atlantic was far from being as quiet as a lake in a summer eventide.
  • Must they dine in the daytime, because, being an odd lot, they cannot sit down to dinner at eventide?
  • Riveted to his chair, he remained in despair until eventide.
eventide
noun[CorU]
literary
uk
/ˈiː.vən.taɪd/us
/ˈiː.vən.taɪd/
evening
傍晚，黄昏，薄暮

Examplesofeventide

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Their properties are devalued —blighted in theeventideof their lives.
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Surely they are entitled to some enjoyment in theeventideof their lives?
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Are we making it possible for them to enjoy theeventideof life?
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One came to theeventideof life at 65 without any resources at all.
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This figure includes transfers to sheltered housing,eventidehomes, residential and nursing homes for which no separate figures are available.
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The slightly increased grant which we have been able to make has lessened the anxiety that they feel in theeventideof their lives.
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There are men and women, many of them in theeventideof their lives, who are to have their homes taken away.
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There is a need for increased public expenditure to build three or four moreeventidehomes.
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Within the constituency there is a waiting list for places ineventidehomes of 300 to 400.
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They suffer years of awful misery and unhappiness in theeventideof their lives, and offering them a better environment thereafter is not the answer.
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In the northern district there is a waiting period of 10 years for a place in aneventidehome.
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It is not simply aneventidehome for the retired—though there is room for that.
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So far as it lies in our power we must see that the old people get the maximum pleasure in theeventideof their lives.
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It is to what extent we can help those who have reached theeventideof their life.
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It therefore follows that, unless this is to become aneventidehome, the hereditary system is the best for injecting young blood into it.
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