元旦英文简介

英文：New Year, the first day of the year, is a popular festival in most countries of the world. Every country in the world, especially in ancient times, has different dates.

Most countries in the modern world are on January 1 of the year of the AD. In modern times, "New Year's Day" is called the Gregorian New Year, and "Spring Festival" is called the Lunar New Year. On that day, people will celebrate the arrival of the New Year in various ways.

中文：新年，即一年的第一天，为世界多数国家通行的节日。世界各国，特别是古代都有不同的日期，现代世界多数国家为公元制纪年的1月1日。现代将“元旦”称为公历新年，将“春节”称为农历新年。当日，人们会以各种不同的方式庆祝新年的到来。

元旦节“元旦”叫New Year’s Day（注意大写）。顺便说一下，今天是“元旦”，那么昨天就是“元旦前夜”，它的英文说法是New Year's EveCollins COBUILD Advanced Learner's Dictionary 5th Edition是这样说的：New Year's Eve is the last day of the year, the day before New Year's Day. 元旦前夜是一年的最后一天，也即元旦的前一天。