arrive
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they arrive | |
| he / she / it arrives | |
| past simple arrived | |
| past participle arrived | |
| -ing form arriving |
- [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. 小学生可能是刚到英国，英语很少或没有。 A police officer arrived just in time to see the burglars walking out of the building. 一名警察及时赶到，看到窃贼正走出大楼。 They arrived too late to take any action. 他们来得太晚，没有采取任何行动。 The police arrived to arrest him. 警察赶来逮捕了他。
Extra ExamplesWhat 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，我哥哥是最后一个到达的。 Let us know if you think you might arrive late. 如果你认为你可能会迟到，请告诉我们。 She likes to arrive unannounced. 她喜欢不请自来。 The train is due to arrive any time now. 火车随时都会到达。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- early
- late
- shortly
- …
- be due to
- fail to
- at
- in
- the first to arrive
- the last to arrive
- [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 ExamplesThe package failed to arrive. 包裹没有寄到。 A pile of letters had arrived on my desk. 我桌上有一堆信。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- early
- late
- shortly
- …
- be due to
- fail to
- at
- in
- the first to arrive
- the last to arrive
- [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 Extra ExamplesSummer arrived early that year. 那年夏天来得很早。 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. 时机已到。是时候离开了。
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
- (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. 这个小伙子是作为英超守门员来的。