1. | [u] 日落；傍晚the time when the sun goes down and night begins |
Every evening at sunset the flag was lowered. 每天傍晚日落时都要降旗。 |
2. | [c] 晚霞the colours in the part of the sky where the sun slowly goes down in the evening |
a spectacular sunset 绚烂的晚霞 |
3. | [c] （法律的）自动废止期，效力消减期a fixed period of time after which a law or the effect of a law will end |
There is a five-year sunset on the new tax. 新税种的有效施行期限为五年。 |
1. | 霞红色的；浅橘红色的used to describe a colour that is like one of the colours in a sunset |
sunset yellow 日落黄 |
2. | 衰落的；最后期的used to describe sth that is near its end, or that happens at the end of sth |
This is his sunset tour after fifty years as a singer. 这是他五十年歌手生涯结束前最后一次巡回演出。 |
3. | 定期废止的designed to end or to end sth after a fixed period of time |
a two-year sunset clause in the new law 新法律中的一条实施期限为两年的“日落条款” |
