n.
- 事件,大事[C]
Winning the scholarship was a great
event in the boy's life.
贏得這項獎學金是這個男孩一生中的一件大事。
- (比賽)項目[C]
Which
events have you entered for?
你參加了哪些比賽項目?
- (可能的)情況[the S]
- 後果,結果[C]
片語
at all events
- 無論如何
At all events, we will carry out the plan.
我們無論如何要執行這項計劃。
Coming events cast their shadows before.
- 未來之事必有徵兆。
in any event
- 不管怎樣;無論如何
We'll probably come to visit you next week, but
in any event we'll telephone you.
下星期我們可能來看你,但不管怎樣,我們都會打電話給你。
in either event
- 不論這樣或那樣
We haven't decided whether to go by bus or by train, but
in either event we'll need money.
我們還沒有決定到底是乘汽車去還是乘火車去,但不管用哪種方式我們都需要錢。
in that event
- 那樣的話;如果那樣
It may snow.
In that event, they won't go.
可能會下雪。那樣的話,他們就不去了。
in the event of
- 如果……發生
In the event of rain, the match will be postponed.
如果下雨,比賽將延期。
in the event
- 結果
If you play with fire, you'll get burnt
in the event.
你如果玩火,到頭來總會被灼傷。
辨析
n.
- a thing that takes place.
▸a public or social occasion.
- each of several contests making up a sports competition.
- Physics a single occurrence of a process, e.g. the ionization of one atom.
Phrase
- in any event
(or at all events)
whatever happens or may have happened.
- in the event
- as it turned out.
-
(in the event of/that)
if (the specified thing) happens.
Derivative
- eventless adj.
- eventlessness n.
Etymology
C16: from L. eventus, from evenire ‘result, happen’.