词汇精选：twilight的用法和辨析

一、详细释义：

adj.

微明的；昏暗的

例句：

The glistening roofs of the still slumbering houses were sharply outlined against the twilight sky.

仍在沉睡中的房舍之闪亮的屋顶，在微明的天空中，很清楚地露出轮廓来。

例句：

This is a twilight room.

这是个昏暗的房间。

衰落时期的；暮年的，晚期的

例句：

I had no patience with the view that the country was entering its twilight years.

那种说国家正在步入暮年的言论让我忍无可忍。

例句：

I want my parents to be comfortable in their twilight years.

我想让我的父母亲舒舒服服地度过暮年时光。

n.

黎明，黄昏，暮光 [U]

例句：

She often sits in the garden at twilight.

黄昏时分她常常坐在花园里。

例句：

Reading in the twilight is bad for the eyes.

在微光中看书有损目力。

暮年，晚期，晚年；衰退期，没落时期 [U]

例句：

The old man spent most of his twilight working on his autobiography.

老人暮年的大部分时间都在写他的自传。

例句：

The old man is in the twilight of his career.

这老人已经进入了他职业生涯的晚期。

朦胧状态；模糊状态 [U]

例句：

The twilight between life and death has seeped into his organs.

生死之间的朦胧状态已经渗入他的器官。

例句：

She enters the wood, where it is already twilight.

她走进森林，森林里已经是一片朦胧。

二、词义辨析：

twilight,dawn,dusk

这些名词含有“黎明，黄昏”之意。twilight指日落后或日出前的微明，但通常侧重于前者。dawn指天刚亮时的黎明，可作引申用。dusk指接近夜晚的黄昏时刻。

三、相关短语：

twilight sleep

朦胧麻醉，朦胧睡眠

twilight zone

曙暮光区，半阴影区

twilight vision

暗视觉

四、参考例句：

Twilight merged into darkness.

夕阳的光辉没于黑暗中。

Twilight was merging into darkness.

暮色渐浓。

The twilight merged into darkness.

晚霞渐渐淹没于黑暗之中。

This is a twilight room.

这是个昏暗的房间。

Twilight merged into total darkness.

暮色四合，渐而一片漆黑。

Twilight is a dangerous time for drivers.

黎明或黄昏是司机容易出事的时间。

Twilight is a dangerous time for drivers.

黎明或黄昏是司机容易出事的时间。

Day drew in and twilight deepened.

白天即过，暮色渐浓。

By now the blue of twilight is glowing.

此时，黄昏绽放出蔚蓝色的霞光。

Reading in the twilight is bad for the eyes.

在微光中看书有损目力。