at night?in the night?
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1.at night 表示泛指的“在夜晚”.at night 是固定搭配.night 前不加冠词,也没有其它修饰语,后面也不接短语或其它成份.eg

1) Bats go out to look for food at night.

蝙蝠夜间出去觅食.

2) He often stays up at night.他晚上经常熬夜.2.in the night 表示某个夜晚,不具体;后面不接其它修饰语,night 前用定冠词the,不用其它的修饰词.侧重于表示一个时间段,相当于during the night.eg

3) Jack called me three times in the night.

杰克在夜里给我打了三次电话.

4) He came to me at 8:30 in the night.

他那天晚上8:30到我这儿来的.

3.on the/a night 表示某一具体日期的夜晚,其后常跟of+具体日子或在night 前用其它的限定词来修饰.eg

5) The story happened on a cold winter night.

这个故事发生在寒冷的夜晚.

6) We saw the play on the first night.

第一天晚上我们就看了那场戏.

7) They arrived there on the late night of May 1st,1985.

他们在1985年5月1日深夜到达那儿.