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单词 daylight saving
释义

daylight saving in American English

noun
the practice of advancing standard time by one hour in the spring of each year and of setting it back by one hour in the fall in order to gain an extra period of daylight during the early evening
Also: daylight savings
Word origin
[1905–10]

Examples of 'daylight saving' in a sentence
daylight saving

Within a year, daylight saving was repealed.In 2004 a government-appointed committee's proposals for multiple time zones and daylight-saving were rejected.Daylight saving promised some relief with longer evenings and less demand for coal-powered lighting.Daylight saving actually increases gasoline consumption, and it’s a cynical substitute for genuine energy conservation policy.
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