释义 |
OccidentOc‧ci‧dent /ˈɒksɪdənt $ ˈɑːksədənt, -dent/ noun  OccidentOrigin: 1300-1400 French, Latin, present participle of occidere ‘to fall’, (of the sun) ‘to set’ - The Occident at that precise moment is nothing but a mirror.
- This is no doubt because in science and invention the Occident is so far ahead Of the Orient.
the Occident literary the western part of the world, especially Europe and the Americas → Orient |