ar‧rive S2 W1 / əraɪv / 动词 [不及物动词]

1 get somewhere to get to the place you are going to :

Give me a call to let me know you’ve arrived safely.

arrive in/at

What time does the plane arrive in New York?

arrive late/early

He arrived late as usual.

By the time the police arrived on the scene, the burglars had fled. ► Do not say ‘arrive to’ a place. Say arrive in/at a place : We arrived at the station ten minutes early. | The Prime Minister arrives back in Britain tonight.

2 be delivered if something arrives, it is brought or delivered to you 同义词 come :

The card arrived on my birthday.

3 happen if an event or particular period of time arrives, it happens 同义词 come :

When her wedding day arrived, she was really nervous.

4 something new if a new idea, method, product etc arrives, it begins to exist or starts being used :

Since computers arrived, my job has become much easier.

5 be born to be born :

Sharon’s baby arrived just after midnight.

6 arrive at a decision/solution/compromise etc to reach a decision, solution etc after a lot of effort :

After much consideration, we have arrived at a decision.

7 success somebody has arrived used to say that someone has become successful or famous :

When he saw his name painted on the door he knew he’d arrived!

COLLOCATIONS

副词

arrive home Jo should arrive home any minute now.

arrive early/late I don’t think we should arrive early.

arrive on time He never arrives on time for meetings.

arrive safely She phoned to say she had arrived safely.

arrive shortly/soon My parents are due to arrive shortly.

arrive unan 名词 ced (= without anyone expecting or knowing you were coming ) He arrived unan 名词 ced yesterday and stayed the night.

短语

arrive safe and sound (= safely ) It was a great relief when he arrived back safe and sound.

arrive on the scene (= at the place where something has just happened ) Two more police cars arrived on the scene.

THESAURUS

arrive to get to the place you are going to : I arrived at the party at around 7 o’clock. | They were due to arrive home from Spain yesterday.

get to arrive somewhere. Get is much more common in everyday English than arrive : What time do you usually get to work? | I’ll call you when I get home.

reach to arrive somewhere, especially after a long journey : When we finally reached the port, we were all very tired.

come if someone comes, they arrive at the place where you are : She came home yesterday. | What time did the plumber say he’d come?

turn up ( also show up ) informal to arrive somewhere, especially when someone is waiting for you : I’d arranged to meet Tom, but he never turned up.

roll in informal to arrive somewhere later than you should and not seem worried about it : Rebecca usually rolls in around noon.

get in to arrive somewhere – used especially about people arriving home, or a plane, train etc arriving at an airport, station etc : I usually get in at around 6 o’clock. | What time did your plane get in?

come in if a plane, train, or ship comes in, it arrives in the place where you are : We liked to watch the cruise ships come in.

land if a plane or the passengers on it land, they arrive on the ground : We finally landed at 2 a.m. | They watched the planes taking off and landing.