元旦的英文是什么

元旦的英文是什么

有关“元旦”

元旦节英文：New Year's Day

【解释】New Year's Day is the first day of the year. In Western

countries this is the 1st of January. 元旦节是新年的第一天。在西方国家，

元旦节是一月一日。

【例句】On New Year's Day in 1974, I started keeping a journal.

1974年元旦那一天，我开始写日记了。

看来，“元旦”叫New Year’s Day(注意大写)。*_*

顺便说一下，今天是“元旦”，那么昨天就是“元旦前夜”，它的英文说

法是New Year’s Eve。

有关“元旦前夜”

【解释】New Year's Eve is the last day of the year, the day

before New Year's Day. 元旦前夜是一年的最后一天，也即元旦的前一天。(eve

既可以指前夜，又可以指前一天，请大家留意一下*_*)

【例句】On New Year's Eve I usually give a party, which is

always chaotic. 元旦前夜我经常要办派对，所以总是乱糟糟的。

【Meaning】

From the above mentioned customs, we can e that there are

especially many taboos during Chine New Year.

On Yuan Dan in particular, there are more taboos on speech and

behaviour than tho on other ordinary days. Similarly, there are more

activities in pursuit of good cau than usual.

On probing the activities and taboos, we have no difficulty to

understand that the theme behind is always related to fortune, wealth

and goodness, and that people usually concern themlves with a good

beginning for the year.

Some taboos may look superstitious on the surface, but they do

produce efficacy. If we practi them circumspectively, they will yield

practical results.

For example, the prohibition of bad words, quarrel, weeping and

the ancient rite of he zheng has developed in Malaysia with a Malaysian