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词汇 sunset
释义 sunset
noun
uk /ˈsʌn.set/ us /ˈsʌn.set/
B1[ U ]
the time in the evening when you last see the sun in the sky: 日落,黄昏
The fishermen set out at sunset for a night's fishing.渔夫们日落时分出海,准备夜间捕鱼。
B1[ C ]
the appearance of the sky in the evening before the sun goes down: 晚霞
We sat on the beach watching a spectacular sunset.我们坐在海滩上观看壮丽的晚霞。
 
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Days & times of day
afternoon
afternoons
all day
am
arvo
happy hour
high noon
hour
in broad daylightidiom
in the dead of night/winteridiom
night
noon
noontime
o'clock
office hours
opening time
the witching hour
twilit
workday
working day

Idiom


ride, drive, walk, etc. (off) into the sunset
sunset
adjective[ before noun ]
uk /ˈsʌn.set/ us /ˈsʌn.set/
business , law mainly USspecialized
used to describe a part of a law or contract that states when it will end, or the conditions under which it will end:
She added a sunset clause that nullified the agreement after 10 years of marriage.
business , law mainly USspecialized
used to describe a date by which something must legally end:
Proposed changes include eliminating a lower charge for companies, moving the charge's sunset date from 2012 to 2025.
As a precaution, the senators put a five-year sunset clause on the bill before it passed to end the practice if it was costing too much.
He will propose abolishing the "sunset clause" that would block new countries from entering HIPC if they have not met the entry criteria by the end of this year.
He said he thought the fee proposal came with a sunset provision that would eliminate the increases on June 30, 2015, unless the legislation was extended.
If approved, the program is slated to last for four years, with a sunset date in 2020.
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Rules & laws
administrative
admiralty
anti-bribery
anti-regulatory
anti-sodomy
binding
blue law
humanitarian law
invocation
juridical
juridically
juristic
land tenure
legislation
provision
Rafferty's rules
the rule of law
uncalled
uncanonical
unenforceable

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Coming to an end
sunset
verb[ I or T ]
 business, law mainly USspecializeduk /ˈsʌn.set/ us /ˈsʌn.set/
to end a law or legal agreement or allow it to end, or to come to an end:
He is looking at the possibility of sunsetting some of these regulations.
The provision lasts just four years - starting in 2022 and sunsetting in 2026.
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Finished & over
all done
all over
bar
be (all) over bar the shoutingidiom
be done and dustedidiom
close
down
dust
endpoint
finished
finito
in the canidiom
out
over
over and done withphrase
see the last of something/someoneidiom
through
to the dregs
to the lastidiom
wrap

sunset | American Dictionary


sunset
noun
us/ˈsʌnˌset/

sunsetnoun (EVENING)


[ U ](alsosundown, us/ˈsʌnˌdɑʊn/)
the time in the evening when you last see the sun

sunsetnoun (SKY APPEARANCE)


[ C ]
the appearance of the sky when the sun goes down:
a brilliant purple sunset

Examples of sunset


sunset
The effect would be later sunrises—and so later sunsets—in both summer and winter.
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Slightly cooler-than-usual temperatures were recorded worldwide and brilliant sunsets and sunrises were attributed to the particulates this eruption lofted high into the stratosphere.
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Aside from its isolation, this beach is popular for viewing sunsets over the ocean.
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Dust from erosion acts to suppress rainfall and changes the sky color from blue to white, which leads to an increase in red sunsets.
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Shows have been highlighted by sunsets, eagles, seagulls, gophers, wind, light rain, and timely cloud breaks.
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The relatively high latitude means early sunsets (as early as 4:15 pm) and late sunrises (as late as 8:10 am).
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He often painted sunsets, in which he aimed to achieve impressive effects of light and colour by simple means.
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In the early 1980s he produced a series of paintings of words over sunsets, night skies and wheat fields.
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All indirect measurements were only taken during uniformly overcast sky conditions or after sunset (mostly after 1700 h).
The centrepiece of the building is a 5000 m2 artificial beach, where a giant 150by40 m screen forms the horizon to offer sunrises and sunsets.
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Due to this climate, the area is quite dusty which helps to give extraordinary sunsets.
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Changing the concentration of aerosols in the atmosphere can dramatically affect the appearance of sunsets.
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At sunrises or sunsets, you can find them eating in the woods singly or in small numbers.
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Sunsets are amazing at any time of the year.
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Even the farmers here generally enjoy the sunsets on their property.
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