arrive

verb
🔊/əˈraɪv/
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they arrive
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he / she / it arrives
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past simple arrived
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past participle arrived
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-ing form arriving
🔊/əˈraɪvɪŋ/
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Idioms Phrasal Verbs
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  1. [intransitive]
    (abbreviation arr.)
    to get to a place, especially at the end of a journey到达;抵达
    • I'll wait until they arrive.我会一直等到他们来。🔊🔊
    • I was pleased to hear you arrived home safely.听说你平安到家我很高兴。🔊🔊
    • to arrive early/late for a meeting开会早到/迟到
    • arrive in… She'll arrive in New York at noon.她将在正午抵达纽约。🔊🔊
    • arrive at… The train arrived at the station 20 minutes late.火车迟了 20 分钟到站。🔊🔊
    • We didn't arrive back at the hotel until very late.我们很晚才回到了旅馆。🔊🔊
    • By the time I arrived on the scene, it was all over.我来到现场时,一切都已结束。🔊🔊
    • Pupils may be newly arrived in Britain, with little or no English.学生可能是新来的英国人,英语很少或没有英语。
    • A police officer arrived just in time to see the burglars walking out of the building. 一名警官及时赶到,看到窃贼从大楼走出。
    • They arrived too late to take any action.他们来不及采取任何行动。
    • The police arrived to arrest him.警察赶来逮捕了他。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • What time did they arrive?他们什么时候到的?
    • We finally arrived at our destination late that evening.我们终于在那天夜里晚些时候到达了目的地。
    • We should be arriving shortly.我们马上就到。
    • We were the first to arrive.我们是最早到的。
    • As usual, my brother was the last to arrive.像往常一样,我的兄弟是最后一个来的。
    • Let us know if you think you might arrive late.如果您认为您可能迟到,请告诉我们。
    • She likes to arrive unannounced.她喜欢不经通知就到达。
    • The train is due to arrive any time now.火车将在任何时间到达。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • early
    • late
    • shortly
    verb + arrive
    • be due to
    • fail to
    preposition
    • at
    • in
    phrases
    • the first to arrive
    • the last to arrive
    See full entry
  2. [intransitive] (of things东西) to be brought to somebody送达;寄到
    • A letter arrived for you this morning.今天上午来了一封给你的信。🔊🔊
    • Send your application to arrive by 31 October.申请信要在 10 月 31 日前寄到。🔊🔊
    • We waited an hour for our lunch to arrive.我们等午饭等了一小时。🔊🔊
    • The new product will arrive on supermarket shelves (= be available) early next year.明年初该新产品就会在超市上架。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • The package failed to arrive.包裹没有寄到。
    • A pile of letters had arrived on my desk.一堆信件已经到达我的书桌上。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • early
    • late
    • shortly
    verb + arrive
    • be due to
    • fail to
    preposition
    • at
    • in
    phrases
    • the first to arrive
    • the last to arrive
    See full entry
  3. [intransitive] (of an event or a moment事件或时刻) to happen or to come, especially when you have been waiting for it发生;到来
    • The wedding day finally arrived.婚礼这一天终于到来。🔊🔊
    • The baby arrived (= was born) early.婴儿早早地出生了。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • Summer arrived early that year.那年初夏天到了。
    • As autumn arrives the birds migrate south.秋天到了, 鸟类往南方迁徙。
    • The age of industrialization had arrived.工业化时代已经来到了。
    • The moment had arrived. It was time to leave.到了。是时候离开了。
  4. Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘reach the shore after a voyage’): from Old French ariver, based on Latin ad- ‘to’ + ripa ‘shore’.
Idioms
somebody has arrived
  1. (informal) somebody has become successful某人成功了
    • He knew he had arrived when he was shortlisted for the Man Booker prize.入围曼布克小说奖后,他知道自己成功了。
    • The lad has arrived as a Premiership goalkeeper.这名小伙子已经以英超门将的身份来到了。
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