（一）深夜：
1. late:
例：
I don't like coming home late at night to
an empty house. （我不喜歡半夜回家面對空無一人的房子。）
stay up late (=not go to bed until late)
They stayed up late to watch the end of the
match. （他們熬夜看完球賽。）
have a late night (=when you go to bed very late)
You look as if you've been having too many
late nights recently. （你看起來好像最近經(jīng)常熬夜。）
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2. the middle of the night: late at
night when most people are asleep
例：
In the middle of the night, I was woken by
a loud noise downstairs. （半夜，我被樓下的一聲巨響吵醒了。）
Helen opened the door. "Dave? What's
wrong? It's the middle of the night!"（海倫開了門，看見是戴夫，說：“怎么啦？大半夜的?！保?/span>
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3. late-night: happening or shown
late at night （用作定語）
例：
late-night television（深夜的電視節(jié)目）
They stopped off for a late-night drink. （他們深夜到訪，喝了一杯。）
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4. last thing at night: just before
you go to bed; at the very end of the day
備注："last
thing at night"是非正式的用法。
例：
The soldiers are supposed to polish their
shoes last thing at night. （士兵睡覺前要擦鞋。）
Take a couple of these pills last thing at
night to help you sleep. （睡前吃兩顆這種藥片，有利睡眠。）
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5. the early hours: a time which is
very late at night, between about 1 o'clock and 4 o'clock in the morning
例：
The club didn't close till the early hours.
（俱樂部直到后半夜才關(guān)門。）
They reached San Francisco in the early
hours of the morning. （他們凌晨時分到的舊金山。）
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6. till all hours: until very late
at night - use this when you are annoyed by someone doing something too late at
night
備注："till
all hours"是非正式的用法。
例：
She and her friends used to stay out till
all hours, going from club to club. （過去，她們一群人常常酒吧換了一家又一家，一直玩到半夜。）
Better not wake her—she was up till all
hours last night, working. （別吵醒她，她昨天半夜工作到很遲。）
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（二）清早：
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1. early:
例：
Early the next day, Jamie received a call
from his mother. （第二天一早，杰米接到了媽媽打來的電話。）
make an early start (=start an activity or journey early in the morning)
If we make an early start we should avoid
the worst of the traffic. （一大早出發(fā)可以避開交通擁堵。）
補(bǔ)充：
早起的人：
① early bird:
Jack was always an early bird; he did a lot
of his work before dawn. （杰克向來起得很早，天亮前就能干很多活。）
② early riser:
He'd been an early riser ever since he was a
child. （他從小就起得早。）
A few early risers were already sipping
their cappuccinos in the bars facing the square. （有些早起的人已經(jīng)在廣場對面的咖啡店喝咖啡了。）
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2. first thing: if you do something
first thing , you do it immediately after you get up or as soon as you start
work
備注："first
thing"常用于口語中。
例：
I'll telephone her first thing, I promise. （我肯定明天一早就給她打電話。）
first thing tomorrow/Wednesday/in the
morning etc.
Leave it on my desk and I'll deal with it
first thing tomorrow. （放我桌上，我明天一早就處理。）
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3. at the crack of dawn: use this to
emphasize that something happens very early in the morning, when most people
are still in bed
備注："at
the crack of dawn"是非正式的用法。
例：
My Dad used to get up at the crack of dawn
every Sunday to go fishing. （以前，爸爸周日常常起個大早去釣魚。）
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4. bright and early: if you get up
bright and early, you get up very early in the morning, especially because
there is something that you want to do
例：
Geoffrey was up bright and early on
Saturday morning, and had everything packed before breakfast. （杰弗瑞周六起了個大早，早飯前就把東西都打包好了。）
Waking bright and early, I went for a swim and took the dog for a walk. （我起了個大早去游泳加遛狗。）
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