詞彙精選：dawn的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
n.
黎明，拂曉
例句：
Nancy woke at dawn.
拂曉時分南希醒了。
例句：
At dawn the farmers began to arouse.
黎明時農民們開始醒來。
例句：
The darkest hour is that before the dawn.
最黑暗的時刻是黎明之前。
開端
例句：
We can only guess what went through the mind of a man who could look back to the dawn of powered flight.
一個能夠回想起動力飛行初始階段的人那時腦子裏想了些什麼，我們只能夠猜測而已。
例句：
We believe that debt will matter like it has every time since the dawn of financial history.
我們相信債務將有關係好象它有每時每刻，從金融歷史的開端以來。
v.
破曉 [I,T]
例句：
It was as though day had dawned after a long and fearful night.
好象經過漫長而可怕的黑夜之後天又亮了。
例句：
It has dawned but is not yet broad daylight.
明而未融。
出現 [I,T]
例句：
A new era seemed to be about to dawn for the coach and his young team.
對於那名教練和他的年輕球隊來說，一個嶄新的時代似乎即將到來。
例句：
Throughout Europe a new railway age, that of the high-speed train, has dawned.
新的鐵路時代——高速鐵路時代，在整個歐洲已經開始出現。
被理解，被領悟 [T]
例句：
The truth began to dawn on him.
他開始弄明白真相。
例句：
The truth began to dawn on her
她開始明白真相。
二、詞義辨析：
twilight,dawn,dusk
這些名詞含有“黎明，黃昏”之意。twilight指日落後或日出前的微明，但通常側重於前者。dawn指天剛亮時的黎明，可作引申用。dusk指接近夜晚的黃昏時刻。
三、參考例句：
Nancy woke at dawn.
拂曉時分南希醒了。
They continued the search as dawn broke.
天放亮後他們繼續搜尋。
He works from dawn till dusk.
他從天亮工作到天黑.
At dawn the farmers began to arouse.
黎明時農民們開始醒來。
The truth began to dawn upon him.
他開始明白那道理。
The boats set off at dawn.
Dawn is the herald of day.
曙光是白晝的先驅。
Dawn is the messenger of day.
黎明預示着白天的到來。
The truth began to dawn on him.
他開始弄明白真相。
The truth began to dawn on her
她開始明白真相。
