onset

英 ['ɒnset] 美 ['ɑnsɛt]
  • n. 开始,着手;发作;攻击,进攻

中文词源


onset 开端,开始

on,在上,向上,set,开始。

英文词源


onset (n.)
1530s, "attack, assault," from on + set (n.); compare verbal phrase to set (something) on (someone). Weaker sense of "beginning, start" first recorded 1560s. Figurative use in reference to a calamity, disease, etc. is from 1580s.

双语例句


1. The sudden onset of winter caused havoc with rail and air transport.
冬天的突然降临让铁路和航空运输系统陷入混乱。

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2. Most of the passes have been closed with the onset of winter.
冬天来临,大部分关口均已关闭。

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3. The drug must be taken from the onset of the infection.
这种药必须在感染的最初期就开始服用.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. The onset of depression often follows a traumatic event.
抑郁症发作常常发生在遭受创伤之后.

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5. His first hit record marked the onset of an astonishing career.
他的第一张风行一时的唱片标志着惊人事业的开始.

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