| 单词 | on the eve of |
| 释义 | on the eve ofJust prior to, as in On the eve of the conference the main speaker backed out. This expression uses eve, literally “the night before,” more loosely. [Late 1700s] Words nearby on the eve ofon the cuff, on the defensive, on the dot, on the double, on the edge, on the eve of, on the face of it, on the fly, on the fritz, on the go, on the heels of The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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