arrival/əˋraIvḷ; əˈraIv$l/n 1 [U] when you arrive somewhere [ departure ] 到达﹐抵达: Shortly after our arrival in Florida, Lottie got robbed. 我们到达佛罗里达不久﹐洛蒂就被抢劫了。2 the arrival of sth the time when a new idea, method, product etc is first used or discovered 某事物的到来[出现]: The arrival of the personal computer changed the way we work. 个人电脑的出现改变了我们的工作方式。3 [C] a person or thing that has arrived recently 新来的人﹔新到事物: a new arrival at the school 学校里一个新来的人