3N-SING [NOUN n]最后阶段;衰落时期The twilight of a particular period of time is the final stages of it, when the most important events have already happened. 最后阶段;衰落时期
Now both men are in the twilight of their careers. [+ of]
现在两人的事业都到了没落期。
I am getting old. I am in the twilight of my life.
我老了,到了生命的暮年。
…the twilight years of the Habsburg empire.
哈布斯堡帝国的衰落时期
SYN decline, last years, final years, closing years
4ADJ [ADJ n]蒙眬的;含混的;界限模糊的 A twilight state or a twilight zone is a situation of confusion or uncertainty, which seems to exist between two different states or categories. 蒙眬的;含混的;界限模糊的
They fell into that twilight zone between military personnel and civilian employees. [+ between]
ADJECTIVE | TWILIGHT + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤gathering漸濃的暮色TWILIGHT + NOUN➤sky暮色中的天空◇They gazed up at the twilight sky.他們凝視着暮色中的天空。➤hour (oftenfigurative) 凌晨;黃昏時分◇in the twilight hour before dawn天亮前微明時分◇He had the courage to spend his twilight hours acknowledging his misdeeds.他有勇氣在暮年承認了自己的種種惡劣行徑。➤world (figurative) 朦朧世界◇the twilight world of the occult神秘學的朦朧世界➤zone (figurative) 過渡區域◇the twilight zone between living and merely existing生活和生存之間的模糊地帶➤years (figurative) 暮年◇a forgotten man who spent his twilight years alone在垂暮之年孤獨生活的被遺忘的老人PREPOSITION➤at twilight, in the twilight, into the twilight黃昏時;在暮色中;進入暮色中◇She stared into the gathering twilight.她凝視着漸濃的暮色。PHRASES➤in the twilight of your career, life, etc.在事業的沒落期、在生命的晚期等