英语时间

快乐无边

各位可否帮个忙，列出morning, afternoon, evening的时间？ 最近在学校教数学时遇到了有争议性的答案。5pm是属于afternoon 还是evening？ evening 是不是 5pm- 7pm？谢谢。。。

~HeBe~_@

这个问题放在我的心里很久了。。。。。

iced_latte

请参考wikipedia 的evening http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evening

Evening is the period in which the daylight is decreasing, between the late afternoon and night, around the time when dinner is taken. Though the term is subjective, evening is typically understood to begin before sunset, during the close of the standard business day (about 6 pm) – and extend until dusk, the beginning of night. Evening thus spans the period of twilight, but begins before it and depending on definition may extend past its end. This places "evening" typically between 5pm and 7pm during most of the year.