| 词汇 | false-dawn |
| 释义 | false dawn noun[ Cusually singular ] uk /ˌfɒls ˈdɔːn/ us /ˌfɑːls ˈdɑːn/ something that seems to show that a successful period is beginning or that a situation is improving when it is not: 虚幻的希望 The increase in sales at the end of the year proved to be a false dawn.年底销售的增长结果证明只不过是空欢喜一场。 We know the couple will end up in love, but the screenplay structure requires a false dawn before the real happy ending. I worry that this is a false dawn. But I hope I am wrong. It was a false dawn before the country's blackest hours. In Vietnam's false dawn of the mid-1990s, when investors rushed in, then out again as economic reform stalled, several giant tourism projects were abandoned. There have been several false dawns during this crisis. Failures another/the final nail in the coffinidiom bloodbath brain freeze breakdown busted flush car crash fiasco flameout flop foul (something) up freefall hash lemon loser parody post-crash pratfall reversal slim pickings slush pile false dawn | Business Englishfalse dawn noun[ C ] ukus a time in which something such as the economy seems to be getting better but in fact it is not: In Japan, the concern is that the latest pick-up in activity will be another false dawn and that the economy will suffer a relapse. Examples of false dawnfalse dawn This, however, was a falsedawn. But unless the increase in labour costs can be restrained, this will be a falsedawn. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Unfortunately, it has turned out to be a falsedawn. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Alas, that was a falsedawn, and the industry has continued to decline. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The mid-1980s was in some ways a falsedawn before the introduction of the national curriculum. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a falsedawn to think that if only one adds to this sector one solves the major problem. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Reports have proved, especially those relating to carers, that the changes amounted to a falsedawn. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not want to give false hopes of a falsedawn. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the early and middle 1960s there was a falsedawn, in terms of economic planning. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We do not want a falsedawn and 1 do not think that this is one. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That would not be the right path to follow; rather it would be something of a falsedawn that would feed meaningless illusions. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English We sometimes see a glimmer of hope, but then there is a falsedawn. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That was a falsedawn, because nothing could have been further from the truth. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was, however, a falsedawn because this month, after that announcement, the figure has again fallen blow complement. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As with the dip in unemployment at that time, it was a falsedawn. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of false dawn These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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