新概念英语第三册-Lesson 38（词汇6）

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■advent n. 出现，到来，来临(coming or arrival)
常用短语：at the advent of 在...到来的时候
Eg: at the advent of winter 在冬天到来的时候
since the advent of 自从...的到来
■engrave v. 雕刻(cut or carve)
Eg: His initials were engraved on the cigarette case. 他姓名的首字母刻在烟盒上了。
      The cigarette case was engraved with his initials. 烟盒上刻着他姓名的首字母。
常用短语：engrave sth on sth：impress sth deeply on (the memory or mind), 铭刻，牢记在心
Eg: Memories of that terrible day are forever engraved on my mind.
联想：carve 雕刻，切开
Eg: Apart from an interesting-looking carved dagger, the box was full of crockery, much of it broken. (NCE3 lesson 34)