英 [ˈædvent] 美 [ˈædvent]
n. 出现，到来，问世；基督降临节（Advent）；基督降临，基督复临（Advent）
arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
the advent of the computer
同义词： coming
the season including the four Sundays preceding Christmas
(Christian theology) the reappearance of Jesus as judge for the Last Judgment
同义词： Second Coming / Second Coming of Christ / Second Advent / Parousia
降临节(圣诞节前包括4个星期日的期间)
到来
降临节
引颈渴望的将临期(Advent)：将临期在圣诞前四星期，教会提醒信徒预备迎接弥赛亚降临，好像旧约以色列人在两约之间，水深火热之际，等候基督来临一样。
... adore v.崇拜,喜爱? advent n.出现，到来 adverse a.不利的,敌对的,相反（onthecontrary）的 ...
降临节 ( Advent )是圣诞前持续四周的节日，一直持续到圣诞节。
一个男孩，人们总是说，孩子来临(Advent)，做父母(Father and mother)是最开心的。至此，他们现在是一个五口之家了，生活固然过的非常艰苦，但也非常的完满。
到来；出现；基督降临；基督降临节
arrival / occurrence / emergence / appearance / rise
The advent of the computer has brought this sort of task within the bounds of possibility.
电脑的出现使这种任务的完成成为可能。
Since the advent of television people have been prophesying the death of the book.
自从电视出现以来，人们一直在预言书的消亡。
The advent of new technologies has added about 4.2 million barrels per day to the crude oil market.
新技术的出现使原油市场每天增加了约420万桶的交易。
"Now,with the advent of cellular technology, most of the people we do reach, such as the Maasai pastoralists, they all have cell phones.
VOA : special.2009.11.03
Think about the advent of hedge funds -twenty or twenty-five years ago, hedge funds were a blip on the radar screen.
想想对冲基金刚出现时,差不多20或25年前,它就像雷达屏幕上的一个小点
金融市场课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
One of the things that came out and was firmly embodied into law with the advent of the SEC.
随着证交会的成立,一些相关的金融规范,被写入了法律条文
金融市场课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
Analysts say the advent of the born-frees has changed political discourse and obliged leaders to stop relying for votes on their role in the independence struggle.
VOA : standard.2009.11.27
"You have seen massive evidence of huge social impacts in South America,farmers, up to 90,000 farmers, being displaced from their land in places like Paraguay because of the advent of massive GM intensive mono cultures, urban poverty increasing, food security has decreased all across the southern corner of Latin America dramatically over the last decade,"
VOA : standard.2009.10.21
Many eras also proclaimed storytelling's demise: the advent of the printing press, radio, television, the Internet.
The advent of coloured contact lenses has also enabled the darker skinned to westernise their eyes.
And most important, the Indian low-cost carrier arrived in 2003 with the advent of Air Deccan.