| 单词 | eve-of-battle |
| 释义 | > as lemmaseve-of-battle P1. Preceding of and a noun to form attributive phrases with the sense ‘of, relating to, or occurring in the period immediately preceding a specified event’, as eve-of-battle, eve-of-election, eve-of-poll, etc. ΚΠ 1910 Manch. Guardian 3 Dec. 11/4 (headline) Eve-of-poll message to Manchester. 1943 Times of India 27 Mar. 1/2 An eve-of-battle message to the Eighth Army. 1960 D. Potter Glittering Coffin Postscript p. iii The most savagely controversial eve-of-poll issue. 1996 O. S. Card Treasure Box (1997) xvii. 335 He knew at once that this sudden desperate desire he felt for Sally Sannazzaro was nothing but eve-of-death syndrome. 2005 Guardian 9 May (Media section) 8/1 A topless Tony Blair appeared in its eve-of-election issue as its ‘torso of the week’. 2012 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 8 Mar. 27/2 We have as yet..no proof of any impropriety in the relationship between Bates and the earl—no eve-of-battle indiscretion on the veldt, no cuddles on the High Karoo. < as lemmas |
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