0 the fact of an event happening, an invention being made, or a person arriving -- （事件、發明或人物的）出現，來臨，到來
Life was transformed by the advent of the steam engine. 蒸汽機的出現使人類生活發生了翻天覆地的變化。
1 the period of four weeks before Christmas -- 降臨節；將臨期（聖誕節前的四個星期）
The advent of the gramophone transformed the cultural conditions of contemporary music, including the way it was taught.
The advent of molecular techniques for the detection of malaria parasites has led to greater appreciation of the importance of mixed malarial infections.
With the advent of knowledge-based computer systems, a new interest in the nature of expertise has arisen.
With the advent of small mobile computing devices like handheld computers and smart mobile phones, the range of possible web displays has increased.
Proponents of this approach might claim that in many ways this is similar to the advent of fingerprint files.
The ranks of producers have swelled in recent years with the advent of small, computer-based studios.
With the advent of wide-scale publication of and access to electronically stored information, a class of applications which has become increasingly prominent is question-answering systems.
With the advent of electronics and computer technology in 1950, automation commenced to apply electronics and computer systems to control machines.
