詞彙精選：twilight的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
adj.
微明的；昏暗的
例句：
The glistening roofs of the still slumbering houses were sharply outlined against the twilight sky.
仍在沉睡中的房舍之閃亮的屋頂，在微明的天空中，很清楚地露出輪廓來。
例句：
This is a twilight room.
這是個昏暗的房間。
衰落時期的；暮年的，晚期的
例句：
I had no patience with the view that the country was entering its twilight years.
那種說國家正在步入暮年的言論讓我忍無可忍。
例句：
I want my parents to be comfortable in their twilight years.
我想讓我的父母親舒舒服服地度過暮年時光。
n.
黎明，黃昏，暮光 [U]
例句：
She often sits in the garden at twilight.
黃昏時分她常常坐在花園裏。
例句：
Reading in the twilight is bad for the eyes.
在微光中看書有損目力。
暮年，晚期，晚年；衰退期，沒落時期 [U]
例句：
The old man spent most of his twilight working on his autobiography.
老人暮年的大部分時間都在寫他的自傳。
例句：
The old man is in the twilight of his career.
這老人已經進入了他職業生涯的晚期。
朦朧狀態；模糊狀態 [U]
例句：
The twilight between life and death has seeped into his organs.
生死之間的朦朧狀態已經滲入他的器官。
例句：
She enters the wood, where it is already twilight.
她走進森林，森林裏已經是一片朦朧。
二、詞義辨析：
twilight,dawn,dusk
這些名詞含有“黎明，黃昏”之意。twilight指日落後或日出前的微明，但通常側重於前者。dawn指天剛亮時的黎明，可作引申用。dusk指接近夜晚的黃昏時刻。
三、相關短語：
twilight sleep
朦朧麻醉，朦朧睡眠
twilight zone
曙暮光區，半陰影區
twilight vision
暗視覺
四、參考例句：
Twilight merged into darkness.
夕陽的光輝沒於黑暗中。
Twilight was merging into darkness.
暮色漸濃。
The twilight merged into darkness.
晚霞漸漸淹沒於黑暗之中。
This is a twilight room.
這是個昏暗的房間。
Twilight merged into total darkness.
暮色四合，漸而一片漆黑。
Twilight is a dangerous time for drivers.
黎明或黃昏是司機容易出事的時間。
Twilight is a dangerous time for drivers.
黎明或黃昏是司機容易出事的時間。
Day drew in and twilight deepened.
白天即過，暮色漸濃。
By now the blue of twilight is glowing.
此時，黃昏綻放出蔚藍色的霞光。
Reading in the twilight is bad for the eyes.
在微光中看書有損目力。
