His summer vacation will end in the late August. 他的暑假将于八月底结束。
Tourism is at its peak in August. 旅游业在八月份达到高峰。
August is the eighth month in a year. 八月是一年中的第八个月。
august
[ noun ]
the month following July and preceding September
<noun.time> [ adj ]
of or befitting a lord
<adj.all> heir to a lordly fortune of august lineage
profoundly honored
<adj.all> revered holy men
August \Au*gust"\, a. [L. augustus; cf. augere to increase; in the language of religion, to honor by offerings: cf. F. auguste. See {Augment}.] Of a quality inspiring mingled admiration and reverence; having an aspect of solemn dignity or grandeur; sublime; majestic; having exalted birth, character, state, or authority. ``Forms august.'' --Pope. ``August in visage.'' --Dryden. ``To shed that august blood.'' --Macaulay.
August \Au"gust\, n. [L. Augustus. See note below, and {August}, a.] The eighth month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
Note: The old Roman name was Sextilis, the sixth month from March, the month in which the primitive Romans, as well as Jews, began the year. The name was changed to August in honor of Augustus C[ae]sar, the first emperor of Rome, on account of his victories, and his entering on his first consulate in that month.
In august the construction of a new development centre and assembly plant was started.
THE FACT that Germany's most august organ of conservative opinion is now concerned deeply about the practice of setting fire to foreigners shows things are getting out of hand.
The assumption was that such a venue was unsuitable for an august event in a country-club sport.
IN HIS splendidly august office, complete with grand landscape oil paintings and a loudly ticking grandfather clock, Mr Pertti Voutilainen reflects, in measured terms, on the prospects for recovery at Kansallis-Osake-Pankki.
That august body, he says, appears to be in the position of trying to fight inflation via high interest rates, but is fueling it instead.
While state representatives were debating deer vasectomies and tossing around a plastic urinal, their august Senate colleagues staged a speed voting contest.