| 单词 | the sun has set on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe sun has set on (something) (d) the sun has set on (something) and variants: used to indicate that an era, period of activity, etc., has come to an end. ΚΠ 1853 Austral. & N.Z. Gaz. 7 May 426/2 The sun has set on the year 1852. 1885 Boston Post 1 Sept. 3/6 The sun has set on his ambition in this direction. 1937 Manch. Guardian 29 Sept. 10/4 The sun will set on an Empire which lets its tailors starve perpetually. 1959 N.Y. Times 16 Mar. 24/2 The sun has set on the Edwardian Empire in Britain. 2015 A. Hogan & M. Young Rural & Regional Futures xviii. 330 The sun has set on this initial phase of populating inland Australia. < as lemmas |
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