arriving 到达
- I daren't bet on the plane arriving on time.
我不敢断定飞机会准时抵达。 - For him travelling and arriving are one and the same thing: he arrives somewhere with every step he makes.
对他来说,旅行和到达是同一件事情:他是一步一步走着来到某 地的。 - I go over with Merino, arriving at eight fifty-three.
我跟梅利诺一起过来的,在八点五十三分到达。
Arrive \Ar*rive"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Arrived}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Arriving}.] [OE. ariven to arrive, land, OF. ariver, F.
arriver, fr. LL. arripare, adripare, to come to shore; L. ad
+ ripa the shore or sloping bank of a river. Cf. {Riparian}.]
1. To come to the shore or bank. In present usage: To come in
progress by water, or by traveling on land; to reach by
water or by land; -- followed by at (formerly sometimes by
to), also by in and from. ``Arrived in Padua.'' --Shak.
[[AE]neas] sailing with a fleet from Sicily, arrived
. . . and landed in the country of Laurentum.
--Holland.
There was no outbreak till the regiment arrived at
Ipswich. --Macaulay.
2. To reach a point by progressive motion; to gain or compass
an object by effort, practice, study, inquiry, reasoning,
or experiment.
{To arrive at}, or attain to.
When he arrived at manhood. --Rogers.
We arrive at knowledge of a law of nature by the
generalization of facts. --McCosh.
If at great things thou wouldst arrive. --Milton.
3. To come; said of time; as, the time arrived.
4. To happen or occur. [Archaic]
Happy! to whom this glorious death arrives.
--Waller.
arriving \arriving\ adj. prenom.
directed or moving inward or toward a center; as, arriving
trains.
Syn: inbound, inward.
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