| 词组 | evening |
| 释义 | evening The evening is the part of each day between the end of the afternoon and the time when you go to bed. ◊ the present day You refer to the evening of the present day as this evening. Come and have a drink with me this evening. I came here this evening because I particularly wanted to be on my own. You can refer to the evening of the previous day as yesterday evening, but it is more common to say last night. 'So you saw me in King Street yesterday evening?' ---'Yes.' I met your husband last night. I've been thinking about what we said last night. You refer to the evening of the next day as tomorrow evening or tomorrow night. Gerald's giving a little party tomorrow evening. Will you be home in time for dinner tomorrow night? ◊ single events in the past If you want to say that something happened during a particular evening in the past, you use on. She telephoned Ida on Tuesday evening. On the evening after the party, Dick went to see Roy. If you have been describing what happened during a particular day, you can say that something happened that evening or in the evening. That evening the children asked me to watch television with them. He came back in the evening. If you are talking about a day in the past and you want to mention that something had happened during the evening of the day before, you say that it had happened the previous evening or the evening before. Duggan had registered the previous evening at a hotel. Fanny picked up the grey shawl Bet had given her the evening before. If you want to say that something happened during the evening of the next day, you say that it happened the following evening. Mopani arrived at Hunter's Drift the following evening. I told Patricia that I would take her to Cranthorpe the following evening. In stories, if you want to say that something happened during an evening in the past, without saying which evening, you say that it happened one evening. One evening the school showed a Lon Chaney film. She had gone out one evening last summer, to sit on her front step. You can also say, for example, that something happened one April evening or on a Saturday evening. One mild May evening he asked me over to inspect it. Mac picked me up on a Friday evening. ◊ talking about the future If you want to say that something will happen during a particular evening in the future, you use on. The winning project will be announced on Monday evening. I will write to her on Sunday evening. If you are already talking about a day in the future, you can say that something will happen in the evening. The school sports day will be on June 22 with prizegiving in the evening. ◊ regular events If something happens regularly every evening, you say that it happens in the evening or in the evenings. A 2-year-old may keep climbing out of bed in the evening to rejoin the family. In the evening I like to lay breakfast as this is one less job for the morning. In the evenings she used to sit on the sofa in her long black trousers, smoking endless cigarettes. However, if you want to say that something happens regularly once a week during a particular evening, you use on followed by the name of the day and evenings. Am I no longer allowed to play chess on Monday evenings? We would all gather there on Friday evenings. ◊ exact times If you have mentioned an exact time and you want to make it clear that you are talking about the evening rather than the morning, you add in the evening. He arrived about six in the evening. |
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