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单词 advent
释义 ad·vent
\ˈadˌvent, esp Brit -_vənt; sometimes ədˈvent\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin adventus, from Latin, arrival, from adventus, past participle of advenire to come to
1. usually capitalized : the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by many Christians as a season of prayer and fasting
2. usually capitalized : the coming of Christ:
 a. : incarnation
 b. : the coming of Christ as judge on the last day — called also Second Advent, Second Coming
3. [Latin adventus] : any coming or arrival
 < the advent of spring >
 < changes that followed the advent of the railroad and the telegraph >
 < was watched in his advent and departure — Mary Webb >
 < his advent to the presidency was greeted by the guns of Fort Sumter — Edmund Wilson >
 < the advent of the Cold War — New Yorker >
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