evening

noun

1. 晚上；傍晚
   the part of the day between the afternoon and the time you go to bed
   1. I'll see you tomorrow evening.
      我明天晚上见你。
   2. Come over on Thursday evening.
      星期四晚上过来。
   3. What do you usually do in the evening ?
      你晚上通常干什么？
   4. She's going to her sister's for the evening .
      她打算晚上到姐姐家去。
   5. the long winter evenings
      冬季漫长的夜晚
   6. the evening performance
      晚上的演出
2. 晚会；晚间活动
   an event of a particular type happening in the evening
   1. a musical evening at school (= when music is performed)
      学校的音乐晚会

1. N-VAR 傍晚;晚上
   The evening is the part of each day between the end of the afternoon and the time when you go to bed.
   1. All he did that evening was sit around the flat...
      那天晚上他一直在公寓里无所事事地坐着。
   2. Supper is from 5.00 to 6.00 in the evening...
      晚餐在傍晚5点到6点之间。
   3. Towards evening the carnival entered its final stage.
      临近傍晚时，狂欢节进入最后阶段。

1. If all goes according to plan, the first concert will be Tuesday evening.
   如果一切都按计划进行的话，第一场音乐会将在星期二晚上举行。
2. He'd spent most of that evening chatting up one of my friends
   他大半个晚上都在和我的一个朋友搭讪。
3. The evening concluded with dinner and speeches
   这个夜晚在宴会和讲话中结束。
4. Would this evening be convenient for you?
   今天晚上你方便吗？
5. All he did that evening was sit around the flat
   那天晚上他一直在公寓里无所事事地坐着。
6. Towards evening the carnival entered its final stage.
   临近傍晚时，狂欢节进入最后阶段。
7. The Captain's Party on Saturday evening is the cruise's most festive event.
   周六晚上的船长晚会是游轮上最喜庆的活动。
8. We went to dinner the following Monday evening
   接下来那个周一的晚上，我们一起去吃了晚餐。
9. One evening the film company arranged a formal dinner after the play.
   一天晚上，电影公司在演出结束后安排了一个正式的晚宴。
10. It was getting towards evening when we got back
    我们回来的时候已经快到晚上了。
11. It was just gone 7 o'clock this evening when I finished.
    今晚我做完的时候刚过7点。
12. She reached Karachi on Monday evening, the journey having occupied three days and nine hours.
    她在星期一晚上抵达了卡拉奇，这段行程耗时3天9小时。
13. Since that evening I haven't once slept through the night
    从那天晚上之后，我没有睡过一次安稳觉。
14. The other evening we had a party.
    前不久的某个晚上我们搞了一次聚会。
15. I tried to get in touch with you yesterday evening, but I think you were out
    我昨晚想要和你联系，但好像你不在家里。
16. One evening, she made a rare outing to the local discotheque.
    她有天晚上破天荒地去了一次当地的迪斯科舞厅。
17. It's been a beautiful evening and you have made it all possible.
    那是个美好的夜晚，你让一切成为可能。
18. I spent the evening with an old school friend.
    我跟一个老同学一起度过了那个夜晚。
19. They settled with Colin at the end of the evening.
    晚上聚会结束的时候他们和科林结清了账。
20. I should be happy if you would bring them this evening
    如果今晚你将他们带来的话，我会很高兴。
21. It's been a long time since I heard a blackbird's song in the evening.
    我很久没有听见乌鸫的夜鸣了。
22. In the evening we spruced ourselves up a bit and went out for dinner.
    到了晚上，我们稍微收拾打扮了一番，然后出去吃晚餐。
23. We were to have had dinner together yesterday evening, but he stood me up
    我们昨晚本来要一起吃晚饭的，但他爽约了。
24. The climax came one sultry August evening.
    在8月一个闷热的夜晚，高潮到来了。
25. I was wondering if you might want to take in a movie with me this evening.
    不知道今晚你愿不愿意和我一起去看场电影？
26. I had the first watch that May evening.
    我第一次执行警戒任务是在那个五月的晚上。
27. On Friday evening he passed this word along.
    星期五晚上他传来了这句话。
28. Please come back to dinner this evening as early as possible.
    请今晚上尽可能早点儿回来吃晚饭。
29. Did you listen in to the Prime Minister yesterday evening?
    你昨晚收听首相的广播讲话了吗？

n.

the other day/morning/evening/week

• 那天，那天早上，那天晚上，那个星期（用于指说话前不久的日子）
  recently
  1. I saw Jack the other day.
     我前几天看到杰克了。

noun

1. the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
   1. he enjoyed the evening light across the lake

   Synonym:    eveeveneventide

2. the early part of night (from dinner until bedtime) spent in a special way
   1. an evening at the opera

3. a later concluding time period
   1. it was the evening of the Roman Empire