用作名词(n.)

We set sail at dawn and headed for New York.我们在黎明起程，直驶纽约。

Diana aroused them just before dawn.戴安娜在黎明前唤醒了他们。

I can see the dawn of the better day for humanity.我已经看到了人类美好日子的曙光。

The sky was pink with the first gpmmer of the dawn.天空因第一丝曙光而呈淡红色。

We're at the end of the historical epoch, and at the dawn of another.我们正处在一个历史时代的末期, 另一个历史时代的开端。

We look forward to the dawn of better days.我们期待较好的日子的来临。

The marchers jumped off at the crack of dawn.行军队伍在破晓时出发了。

Dawn was breaking when we came back to the camp.当我们返回营地时，天刚破晓。

Break of dawn, there's no sun up in the sky.破晓时分,天空还没有太阳。

用作不及物动词(vi.)

A new era is dawning.一个新的时代开始出现了。

It began to dawn after the long night.漫漫长夜之后天开始亮起来。

The truth began to dawn upon him.他开始明白那道理。

It didn't dawn on me that I was getting the bum's rush.我不明白，我竟要被赶走。

用作名词(n.)

The dawns here in the mountains are very beautiful.
这里山区的黎明是很美的。

Did you hear the cock crow at dawn?
黎明时你听到鸡叫了吗?

At dawn we broke through the barbed wire entanglements under the city wall.
拂晓我们突破了城墙的铁丝网。

They got across the bridge before dawn.
他们于破晓前过了那座桥。

They work from dawn till dark.
他们从天亮一直工作到天黑。

The war was ended and we looked forward to the dawn of much happier days.
大战结束了,我们盼望着更加美好日子的来临。

用作动词(v.)用作不及物动词S+～(+A)

Day dawns in the east.
东方破晓。

The morning dawned brightly.
拂晓天气晴朗。

The day was just dawning.
天刚亮。

Day will soon dawn.
天很快就亮了。

The day was dawning when we set out.
我们出发时天刚破晓。

They were waiting for the day to dawn.
他们等待天明。

The space age dawned in the twentieth century.
太空时代开始于二十世纪。

A new age dawned with the invention of the radio.
随着无线电的发明,一个新时代开始了。

用作系动词S+～+ n.

Last Sunday dawned a perfect day.
上星期日,一早就是个好天气。

S+～+ adj.

The morning dawned fresh and clear after the storm at night.
夜里暴风雨过后迎来空气清新的拂晓。

After the storm at night, the morning dawned clear and fine over the bay.
经过一夜的暴风雨之后,海湾的早晨分外晴朗。

The next day dawned bright and sunny.
第二天一大早阳光灿烂。

用作名词 (n.)动词+～

mark the dawn标志着开始

see the dawn看到曙光

wait for the dawn等待着开始

wake with dawn黎明即醒

形容词+～

cold dawn寒冷的拂晓

golden dawn金色的曙光

介词+～

at dawn拂晓时

before dawn黎明前

from dawn till dark从早到晚

～+介词

dawn of this century本世纪之初

用作动词 (v.)～+副词

dawn abruptly突然明白

dawn calmly悄然天亮

dawn clearly清楚地了解

dawn finally终于开始现出

dawn gradually渐渐地了解

dawn slowly慢慢地清楚

～+介词

dawn on明白

dawn on one's mind了解

dawn on one's view出现在某人面前

dawn upon the world世界开始进入

n.(名词)

dawn的意思是“黎明; 拂晓; 天刚亮”,既可作可数名词又可作不可数名词,前面通常用介词at或before。

dawn引申可表示“开端; 萌芽”,总是用单数形式,常与定冠词the连用。

v.(动词)

dawn用作不及物动词,多与介词on／upon连用,基本意思是“天破晓,黎明”,引申可表示人“(在头脑中)开始出现,开始觉醒,明白过来,明确起来,清楚起来; 出现,呈现”等。

dawn偶尔也可用作系动词,接形容词或名词作表语,表示“发亮; 破晓”。

n.(名词)黎明时分,客人们离去。

误 At the dawn the guests departed.

正 At dawn the guests departed.

一大早,他们便起床出发了。

误 At early dawn, they got up and set off.

正 At the early dawn, they got up and set off.

析 at dawn〔before dawn, from dawn〕 till dark等短语中不可加the,但在at the early dawn, with the dawn等短语中一定要加the。

用作名词(n.)

We set sail at dawn and headed for New York.我们在黎明起程，直驶纽约。

Diana aroused them just before dawn.戴安娜在黎明前唤醒了他们。

I can see the dawn of the better day for humanity.我已经看到了人类美好日子的曙光。

The sky was pink with the first gpmmer of the dawn.天空因第一丝曙光而呈淡红色。

We're at the end of the historical epoch, and at the dawn of another.我们正处在一个历史时代的末期, 另一个历史时代的开端。

We look forward to the dawn of better days.我们期待较好的日子的来临。

The marchers jumped off at the crack of dawn.行军队伍在破晓时出发了。

Dawn was breaking when we came back to the camp.当我们返回营地时，天刚破晓。

Break of dawn, there's no sun up in the sky.破晓时分,天空还没有太阳。

用作不及物动词(vi.)

A new era is dawning.一个新的时代开始出现了。

It began to dawn after the long night.漫漫长夜之后天开始亮起来。

The truth began to dawn upon him.他开始明白那道理。

It didn't dawn on me that I was getting the bum's rush.我不明白，我竟要被赶走。

用作名词(n.)

The dawns here in the mountains are very beautiful.
这里山区的黎明是很美的。

Did you hear the cock crow at dawn?
黎明时你听到鸡叫了吗?

At dawn we broke through the barbed wire entanglements under the city wall.
拂晓我们突破了城墙的铁丝网。

They got across the bridge before dawn.
他们于破晓前过了那座桥。

They work from dawn till dark.
他们从天亮一直工作到天黑。

The war was ended and we looked forward to the dawn of much happier days.
大战结束了,我们盼望着更加美好日子的来临。

用作动词(v.)用作不及物动词S+～(+A)

Day dawns in the east.
东方破晓。

The morning dawned brightly.
拂晓天气晴朗。

The day was just dawning.
天刚亮。

Day will soon dawn.
天很快就亮了。

The day was dawning when we set out.
我们出发时天刚破晓。

They were waiting for the day to dawn.
他们等待天明。

The space age dawned in the twentieth century.
太空时代开始于二十世纪。

A new age dawned with the invention of the radio.
随着无线电的发明,一个新时代开始了。

用作系动词S+～+ n.

Last Sunday dawned a perfect day.
上星期日,一早就是个好天气。

S+～+ adj.

The morning dawned fresh and clear after the storm at night.
夜里暴风雨过后迎来空气清新的拂晓。

After the storm at night, the morning dawned clear and fine over the bay.
经过一夜的暴风雨之后,海湾的早晨分外晴朗。

The next day dawned bright and sunny.
第二天一大早阳光灿烂。

用作名词 (n.)动词+～

mark the dawn标志着开始

see the dawn看到曙光

wait for the dawn等待着开始

wake with dawn黎明即醒

形容词+～

cold dawn寒冷的拂晓

golden dawn金色的曙光

介词+～

at dawn拂晓时

before dawn黎明前

from dawn till dark从早到晚

～+介词

dawn of this century本世纪之初

用作动词 (v.)～+副词

dawn abruptly突然明白

dawn calmly悄然天亮

dawn clearly清楚地了解

dawn finally终于开始现出

dawn gradually渐渐地了解

dawn slowly慢慢地清楚

～+介词

dawn on明白

dawn on one's mind了解

dawn on one's view出现在某人面前

dawn upon the world世界开始进入

【近义词】

n.
• break of day
• daybreak
• first light
• sunrise
• beginning
• birth
• origin
• start

【反义词】

n.
• dusk
• nightfall
• sunset
• conclusion
• end
• finish