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单词 false dawn
释义
false dawn
noun[Cusually singular]
uk
/ˌfɒls ˈdɔːn/us
/ˌfɑːls ˈdɑːn/
something thatseemsto show that asuccessfulperiodisbeginningor that asituationisimprovingwhen it is not:
虚幻的希望
Theincreaseinsalesat the end of theyearprovedto be afalsedawn.年底销售的增长结果证明只不过是空欢喜一场。
Weknowthecouplewill end up inlove, but thescreenplaystructurerequiresafalsedawnbefore therealhappyending.
More examples
  • Iworrythat this is afalsedawn. But IhopeI amwrong.
  • It was afalsedawnbefore the country'sblackesthours.
  • In Vietnam'sfalsedawnof the mid-1990s, wheninvestorsrushedin, then out again aseconomicreformstalled, severalgianttourismprojectswereabandoned.
  • There have been severalfalsedawnsduring thiscrisis.
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(Definition offalse dawnfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
false dawn
noun[Cusually singular]
uk
/ˌfɒls ˈdɔːn/us
/ˌfɑːls ˈdɑːn/
something thatseemsto show that asuccessfulperiodisbeginningor that asituationisimprovingwhen it is not
虚幻的希望
Theincreaseinsalesat the end of theyearprovedto be afalsedawn.年底销售的增长结果证明只不过是空欢喜一场。

false dawn| Business English

false dawn
noun[C]
uk
us
atimein which something such as theeconomyseemsto be gettingbetterbut infactit is not:
In Japan, theconcernis that thelatestpick-up inactivitywill be anotherfalsedawnand that theeconomywillsufferarelapse.
(Definition offalse dawnfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffalse dawn

false dawn
This, however, was afalsedawn.
From theCambridge English Corpus
But unless the increase in labour costs can be restrained, this will be afalsedawn.
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Unfortunately, it has turned out to be afalsedawn.
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Alas, that was afalsedawn, and the industry has continued to decline.
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The mid-1980s was in some ways afalsedawnbefore the introduction of the national curriculum.
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It is afalsedawnto think that if only one adds to this sector one solves the major problem.
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Reports have proved, especially those relating to carers, that the changes amounted to afalsedawn.
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I do not want to give false hopes of afalsedawn.
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In the early and middle 1960s there was afalsedawn, in terms of economic planning.
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We do not want afalsedawnand 1 do not think that this is one.
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That would not be the right path to follow; rather it would be something of afalsedawnthat would feed meaningless illusions.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
We sometimes see a glimmer of hope, but then there is afalsedawn.
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That was afalsedawn, because nothing could have been further from the truth.
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It was, however, afalsedawnbecause this month, after that announcement, the figure has again fallen blow complement.
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As with the dip in unemployment at that time, it was afalsedawn.
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