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词汇 horizon
释义 horizon
noun[ S ]
uk /həˈraɪ.zən/ us /həˈraɪ.zən/
C2
the line at the farthest place that you can see, where the sky seems to touch the land or sea: 地平线
The moon rose slowly above the horizon.月亮慢慢地从地平线升起。
on the horizonWe could see a row of camels silhouetted on the horizon.我们能看到地平线上一队骆驼的轮廓。
Do you think those are rain clouds on the horizon?你看天边那些云是雨云吗?
Here, too, the threat of unemployment has been looming on the horizon.另外,还有失业的威胁在逼近。
A broad sweep of flat countryside stretched to the horizon in all directions.平坦宽阔的乡村向四面延伸,一望无际。
Doug scanned the horizon for any sign of the boat.道格注视着地平线,搜寻着那只船。
I hoped that going to university might broaden my horizons .
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Idioms


broaden/expand/widen someone's horizons
on the horizon

horizon | American Dictionary


horizon
noun
us/həˈrɑɪ·zən/
the place in the distance where the earth and sky seem to meet:
[ U ]We watched the horizon as the sun set.
A person’s horizons are the limit of that person’s ideas, knowledge, and experience:
[ pl ]Spending her junior year abroad has broadened her horizons.

Examples of horizon


horizon
The horizons are = 1, 4, 8, and 12 quarters.
As the time horizon is extended, 0 increases and becomes positive after 54 weeks, and the uncertainty surrounding 0 increases.
There is also a general lack of seismic reflection horizons as a result of the uniformity of the carbonate succession.
Samples were taken by horizon from three sides of the pit walls for laboratory analyses.
The shadow of legal controls plays an important role in shaping the constitutional culture and therefore the horizon of possibilities within which political actors operate.
This period provides a realistic planning horizon, bearing in mind that the life of an average power plant is 30 years.
It is thus that the experience of history exalts and enlarges the horizon of our intellectual view.
As well as enabling a visual connection to the horizon, the project encourages movement from inside to out in a variety of ways.
Clearly these are dramatically different pictures for the reader contemplating long horizon investment decisions.
After applying a threshold to each pixel, a horizon area is extracted (351 20).
The consequence is that the data analysis provides no clear indication as to which method of estimating horizons is to be preferred.
The effect is moderate except when the party always participates in government; for these parties, the horizons 'explode'.
Finally, preliminary results indicate that the soil seedbank underneath the evenly burned organic horizon appeared to have been largely destroyed throughout both plots.
The conclusion of the book is the desire for an 'ethical praxis that disrupts horizons'.
Medium-term projections, covering a five-year horizon, were discussed in a separate section, and the reports generally concluded with recommendations for fiscal and monetary policy.
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Collocations withhorizon


horizon

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artificial horizon
The artificialhorizon and other night-flying instruments are lacking.
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distant horizon
That may be on the distanthorizon.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
infinite horizon
There are two technical problems associated with the fact that this problem has an infinite horizon.
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