arrive at 与 arrive in 的区别

arrive at表到达小地方,arrive in 表到达大的地方

arrive at 后接小的地点
arrive in 后接大地方
我初中老师就这么讲的

arrive at+小地点
arrive in+大地点

arrive at the station
到达车站
arrive in New York
来到纽约
arrive at fullage
达到成年
arrive at a conclusion
得出结论
Dinner-time arrived.
吃饭的时候到了。
Good weather has arrived at last.
好天气终于来到了。
Her baby arrived during the night.
她的小孩是夜里生的。
The musician has arrived professionally.
这位音乐家在职业上已经成名。
arriver
n.
arrive at
到达(目的地); 达到, 得出(结论等)
Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.
[谚]欲速则不达。
一般来说 at后接小地方 in 接大地方

介词的不同,使后面接的地点名词的范围也不同.
arrive at+较小的地点名词,如school,park,zoo.
arrive in+较大的地点名词,如Beijing ,ShangHai
He will arrive at school soon.
She has arrived in NanJing.

arrive at 和arrive in都有到达某地之意.
arrive at 到达的地方范围比较小,arrive in到达的范围比较大.
arrive in后面一般加国家,地区,城市等大范畴的地域名词
如:Mr. Bean arrived in China last month.
arrive at后面一般加一具体到地址的地点,如单位,学校,车站,家都是少范围
如:He arrived at my office at 3:00 p.m.