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　　那么你知道元旦用英語怎么說嗎? 元旦，即世界多數國家通稱的“新年”，是公歷新一年的第一天。很快就要迎來元旦了，

　　元旦英語釋義：

　　New Year"s Day

　　元旦英語例句：

　　我們定下決心，要在元旦前完成這項工作。

　　We are determined to get the work done before New Year"s Day.

　　如此大規模的停業在東京很少見，在這個奢侈品專賣店圣地，這些店鋪通常一年中只在元旦休息一天。

　　A mass shutdown of this sort is rare in Tokyo─a mecca of luxury shops thatusually close just one day a year, New Year"s.

　　雖然收到了錄用通知，但有些畢業生仍猶豫不決，因為他們希望在元旦后得到像公務員這樣的更好的工作機會。

　　Some are in two minds about the offers they’ve received, as they areanticipating better opportunities, presumably in the civil service, after the New Year.

　　大家可以在元旦那天收聽BBC無線廣播4臺的“圣女懷胎的科學”，那是有關我的調查的廣播。

　　You can hear my investigation of the science of virgin birth on New Year"s Day on BBC Radio 4.

　　學術界的經濟學家近日在亞特蘭大匯聚一堂，參加他們每年都會趕在元旦后第一個周末舉行的年會。

　　Academic economists gather in Atlanta this weekend for their annualmeetings, always held the first weekend after New Year"s Day.

　　哈里頓和凱茜將在元旦那天結婚，然后他們搬到畫眉山莊去。

　　Hareton and Cathy will be married on New Year"s Day, and they"ll move to the Grange.

　　杰羅姆·大衛·塞林格于1919年元旦出生在曼哈頓，是家里兩個孩子中小的那個。

　　Jerome David Salinger was born in Manhattan on New Year’s Day, 1919,the second of two children.

　　在法國，元旦是在新法生效前允許狂歡者在公共場合合法吸煙的最后期限，這是這場始于15年前的進步的禁煙運動的最新舉措。

　　In France, a New Year"s Day reprieve allowed revelers their last legal drags inpublic places before the law took effect, the latest measure in a progressivecrackdown that began 15 years ago.

　　國有單位在1月1日慶祝元旦是個更為明智的選擇，這不僅能避免得罪任何人，還能讓某些人群更高興。

　　Celebrating the civil new year on January 1 would be a more judiciouschoice for state organisations. Not only would they avoid offending anyone,but also make some people happier.

　　布什總統將在星期五從戴維營前往德克薩斯州的農場，并將在那里慶祝元旦。

　　President Bush will travel from Camp David to his Texas ranch on Friday andwill remain there until New Year"s Day.

　　國民大會原來是在禮拜二在圣誕節和元旦休息后討論總統的健康。

　　The national assembly was due to discuss the president"s health on Tuesdayas it reconvenes after the Christmas and New Year break.

　　高文答應多住幾日，直到元旦，因為城堡主人告訴他綠衣騎士就住在附近。

　　He agreed to stay on till New Year’s Day since he was told that the Green Knight lived nearby.

　　元旦是一個對過去充滿回憶、對未來充滿期待的一個節日。

　　New Year"s is a holiday for memories and for hopes.

　　元旦時，希臘人家家都要做一個大蛋糕，然后在里面放一枚銀幣。

　　On New Year"s Day in Greece, a special cake is made and inside a coin is hidden.

　　腌鯡魚是波蘭人在元旦的菜單和煮鱈魚是一種傳統的丹麥食物。

　　Pickled herring is on the New Year’s Day menu in Poland and boiled cod istraditional in Denmark.

　　元旦是一個十分歡愉的節日，這的確是一年中的良辰佳時。

　　The New Year"s Day is a very happy and joyous occasion. It is really a wonderful time of the year.

　　元旦期間餐館關門停業。

　　The restaurant was closed over the New Year.

　　資產管理公司往往會逐漸減少交易量，而公司方面也傾向于推遲到元旦后再公布新的交易。

　　Asset managers usually ratchet back their trading, while companies tend to put off announcing new deals until after the new year.

　　今年的元旦晚會是月考后的第四天，大家比以往都放松了下來。

　　This year"s New Year party is the fourth day after monthly exam than ever, everybody relax down.

　　這就是元旦的精神所在。

　　This is the spirit of the New Year holiday.