1.evening作“傍晚,黄昏,晚上”解时,指晚饭后、下班后或者日落后到就寝前这段时间,可用作可数名词,也可用作不可数名词。evening还可作联欢性、娱乐性的“晚会”解,这时是可数名词。
2.一般说在晚上用介词in,但当evening前有修饰成分如“某日的晚上”或“星期…的晚上”时用on,但当其前又有时间状语时, on也可换为in。evening与this, that, tomorrow, yesterday, every, all, next等限定词连用时相当于副词短语,其前不用介词。
3.复数形式的evenings指不断重复的晚上,起强调作用。
4.当表示某〔有〕一个晚上时,如其前没有定冠词,则通常用数词one而不用不定冠词a(n)。
5.在表示“过去某一天的晚上”可用the previous evening或the evening before; 表示“过去某一天的次日晚上”可以说the following evening。

Evening in the country is a very peaceful time.乡村里的傍晚是平静安谧的时刻。
One evening there flew over the city a little swallow.一天晚上,城市上空飞来一只小燕子。
Why don't you come over to our place one evening?晚上你何不到我们这里来坐坐?
Come around this evening if you have time.今晚有空到我这里来一下。
The teacher has arranged for a new story to be told this evening.老师准备了一个新故事今天晚上讲。
We were at home yesterday evening.我们昨天晚上在家。
Yesterday evening at the concert he was carried away by the excellent performance of the piano concerto.昨晚音乐会上的钢琴协奏曲奏得非常出色,使他着了迷。
I'll come round tomorrow evening.我明天晚上来。
Sorry,I cannot come,I am already booked up for that evening.对不起,我来不了,那天晚上我已经有约。
It was announced that the Prime Minister would speak on television that evening.据通告,首相将于当晚发表电视讲话。
We had an animated discussion over current events last evening.昨天晚上我们热烈地讨论时事。
It took me several evenings to finish the novel.我花了好几个晚上才读完这本小说。
Each nurse also devotes two evenings a week to studying medical literature in her field.每个护士每周还用两个晚上来学习与她工作有关的医学文献。
I went over evenings and afterward stopped at the coffee and had a drink and read the papers.我总是在傍晚去那儿,然后在咖啡屋里喝杯咖啡,看看报纸。
In the evening they acted a play which Joe had written and a few friends came in to see it.晚上他们表演乔写的剧本,有几个朋友来看演出。
The dean has arranged with me about a talk in the evening.系主任已约定晚上与我谈话。
It was eight o'clock in the evening of September 12,1990.那是1990年9月12日晚上8点钟的时候。
On Sunday evening he dressed himself with special care.星期天晚上他非常细心把自己打扮了一番。
Velma burnt herself to death on the evening of September 8,1982.威尔玛1982年9月8日傍晚自焚身亡。
We held an English evening last week.上周我们举行了一次英语晚会。
We at once began making preparations for the English evening.我们立刻着手为英语晚会做准备。
We are setting up an evening of folk singing.我们在组织一次民歌演唱晚会。
A theatre evening has been arranged.已安排好一个戏剧晚会。
I suggested that my parents should attend the evening school.我建议我的父母亲去上夜校。
“Good evening!Terrible weather, isn't it?”“Yes, dreadful.”“晚上好!天气真糟糕,是不是?”“是啊,糟糕极了。”

evening, eve
这两个词的共同意思是“晚上”“夜里”。其区别是:
1.evening指从日落至就寝前的一段时间; eve通常指某节日或重大事件的“前夜”或“前夕”。试比较:
We're giving a party on Christmas evening.
我们将在圣诞节晚上举行晚会。
We're giving a party on Christmas Eve.
我们将在圣诞节前夜举行晚会。
2.eve在文学作品或诗词中也可指“傍晚”; evening还可引申指“晚会”。
evening, dusk, twilight
这组词的共同意思是“傍晚”“黄昏”。其区别是:
1.evening指人们傍晚下班后至就寝前的一段时间,也可指晚会。twilight指昼夜交替、光明与黑暗互相渗透的时刻,既可指黄昏,也可指黎明,但现在该词主要指黄昏日落之时。例如:
She often sits in the garden at twilight.黄昏时她经常坐在花园里。
dusk专指接近夜晚的黄昏时刻,暮色苍茫。例如:
Dusk was falling.夜幕正在降临。
2.evening是普通用语; twilight比evening用得广泛,语体更为文雅; dusk比evening更庄重。
evening, night
参见night条。
Good evening,Good night
参见night条。

我在星期二傍晚接到了她的来电。
［误］  I received a phone-call from her in Tuesday evening.
［正］  I received a phone-call from her on Tuesday evening.
我们通常在晚上散步。
［误］  We usually go for a walk in the evening.
［正］  We usually go for a walk in the evenings.
［析］  in the evening属于固定短语,泛指晚上,如果是特指某一天晚上,应该与介词on搭配。在表示“每天晚上”时, evening通常用复数。

［同义词］   dusk, nightfall, sundown, twilight
［反义词］   dawn, sunrise
［词源］  ＜古英语æfnungh(傍晚)