sunsets
sunsets — 名詞
- sunsetssingular
- sunsetsesplural
1. the time each evening when the sun sinks out of sight and the daylight slowly fa
日落；黃昏
傍晚太陽沉入地平線的時刻
the time each evening when the sun sinks out of sight and the daylight slowly fades.
In summer, the village children play outside until sunset every single day.
夏天時，村裡的孩子每天都在外面玩到日落。
until sunset for the time the sun drops below the sky
The hikers reached the stone mountain hut just after sunset, as the last light faded.
登山客在日落後不久抵達那座石造山屋，此時最後的光線正逐漸消逝。
Over many years, Mauricio has photographed hundreds of sunsets from his rooftop.
多年來，Mauricio 從自家屋頂拍下了上百次的日落。
Boats must leave the lake before sunset, when the water turns dark.
船隻必須在日落前離開湖面，那時水色會變暗。
The harvest festival ends each year with drums and dancing as daylight fades at sunset.
每年豐收節都以鼓聲和舞蹈作結，此時日光在日落時分漸漸退去。
文法句型
at sunset
before/after sunset
用法筆記
Often used without an article in time phrases such as 'at sunset', 'before sunset', 'after sunset'. The plural 'sunsets' names the same daily event happening on different days.
常見錯誤
2. the bright orange and pink colours that fill the sky while the sun is setting.
晚霞；夕照
日落時天空呈現的橘紅色彩
the bright orange and pink colours that fill the sky while the sun is setting.
Tourists gathered on the beach to watch a glowing pink sunset over the sea.
遊客聚集在海灘上，觀賞一場橘紅色的晚霞映照海面。
a [colour] sunset for the look of the evening sky
The painter tried to capture the deep red sunsets of the desert on canvas.
那位畫家試著把沙漠裡深紅的晚霞畫在畫布上。
plural 'sunsets' for repeated colourful skies
From the plane window, Anjali admired an orange sunset stretching across the clouds.
從飛機窗口，Anjali 欣賞著一片橘色晚霞在雲層間鋪展開來。
The top-floor hotel rooms offer the best red-and-gold sunsets in the whole city.
頂樓的飯店房間能看到全城最美的紅金色晚霞。
文法句型
a red/golden sunset
sunset over [place]
用法筆記
Usually countable and often paired with a colour word (a red, pink, or golden sunset). Distinguish from sense 1, which names the time of day rather than the look of the sky.
sunsets — 形容詞
- sunsetspositive
- more sunsetscomparative
- most sunsetssuperlative
1. describing a law, rule, or contract clause that automatically ends on a set date
限期失效
指法律或條款屆期自動失效的
describing a law, rule, or contract clause that automatically ends on a set date unless it is officially renewed.
Senator Adeyemi's privacy act includes a sunset clause that ends the law after five years.
Adeyemi 參議員的隱私法含有一條落日條款，五年後便讓該法自動失效。
'sunset clause' for a rule that expires by itself
Brazil's lawmakers added a sunset provision so the new fuel tax would not last forever.
巴西的立法者加入了一條落日條款，讓這項新燃料稅不會永久存在。
'sunset provision' in a piece of legislation
Without a sunset clause, Italy's old wartime rules quietly stayed in force for decades.
由於缺少落日條款，義大利的舊戰時規定悄悄地施行了數十年。
The budget committee preferred a sunset law that Congress must vote to renew each decade.
預算委員會偏好一種落日法案，國會每十年必須投票才能延續。
- expiring
more general; about anything coming to an end
- time-limited
plain-English equivalent without the legal flavour
- permanent
meant to last with no end date built in
文法句型
sunset clause
sunset provision
sunset law
用法筆記
Used only before a noun (sunset clause, sunset provision, sunset law); never after 'be'. Common in legal and political writing.
常見錯誤
2. describing the exact final date on which a programme, agency, or law must legall
終止日期
法律規定某事物必須結束的日期
describing the exact final date on which a programme, agency, or law must legally close down.
The cancer research grant came with a sunset date of December 2030 for all spending.
這筆癌症研究補助附帶一個終止日期，所有支出到 2030 年 12 月為止。
'sunset date' = the legal end date of a programme
Parliament set a sunset deadline forcing the housing agency to close by next March.
國會訂下一個終止期限，迫使住宅機構必須在明年三月前關閉。
Every pilot project at the science museum has a sunset date in its contract.
科學博物館裡每個試辦計畫的合約都寫明了終止日期。
Mayor Tunde warned that the sunset date for the city housing fund was approaching fast.
Tunde 市長警告，市府住宅基金的終止日期正快速逼近。
- final
emphasises that no extension will follow
文法句型
sunset date
sunset deadline
用法筆記
Attaches to time nouns such as 'date' or 'deadline'. Distinguish from sense 1, which describes the rule itself rather than the single ending date.
sunsets — 動詞
- sunsetspresent simple I / you / we / they
- sunsetses3rd person singular
- sunsetsing-ing form
- sunsetsedpast simple
1. to bring a law, programme, or agreement to a planned end, or to reach such an en
廢止；終止
讓法律或制度於期限屆滿時結束
to bring a law, programme, or agreement to a planned end, or to reach such an end automatically on a set date.
Congress voted to sunset the old phone-tracking law by the end of 2027.
國會投票決定在 2027 年底前廢止這部舊的手機追蹤法。
transitive: sunset + [law/programme] = end it on schedule
The school lunch programme sunsets next June unless the town council renews it in time.
學校的營養午餐計畫將於明年六月終止，除非鎮議會及時續辦。
intransitive: the programme sunsets = it ends by itself
Oslo's city leaders agreed to sunset the free parking plan after three years.
奧斯陸的市府領導同意在三年後終止免費停車方案。
Many of the government's emergency powers will sunset once the health crisis ends.
一旦這場衛生危機結束，政府許多緊急權力都將自動終止。
The board decided to sunset its paper newsletter and move everything online.
董事會決定終止紙本電子報，把一切都搬到線上。
文法句型
sunset a law/programme
the programme sunsets
用法筆記
Works both transitively (sunset a programme) and intransitively (the programme sunsets). Frequent in policy and business writing.