advent

Definitions

ad- (toward) + vent (come) = "a coming toward." Advent keeps the bare, dignified sense of "arrival" that its sibling adventure left behind. It is used for the arrival of big, era-defining things: the advent of electricity, of the internet, of democracy.

Common Collocations

• 1.the advent of……的到来
• 2.with the advent of随着……的到来
• 3.before the advent of在……到来之前

Example Sentences

• 1.

  The advent of the smartphone changed how we live.

• 2.

  With the advent of spring, the garden came alive.