n.
- 事件,大事[C]
Winning the scholarship was a great
event in the boy's life.
赢得这项奖学金是这个男孩人生中的一件大事。
- (比赛)项目[C]
Which
events have you entered for?
你参加了哪些比赛项目?
- (可能的)情况[the S]
- 后果,结果[C]
短语
at all events
- 无论如何
At all events, we will carry out the plan.
我们无论如何要执行这项计划。
Coming events cast their shadows before.
- 未来之事必有征兆。
in any event
- 不管怎样;无论如何
We'll probably come to visit you next week, but
in any event we'll telephone you.
下星期我们可能来看你,但不管怎样,我们都会打电话给你。
in either event
- 不论这样或那样
We haven't decided whether to go by bus or by train, but
in either event we'll need money.
我们还没有决定到底是乘汽车去还是乘火车去,但不管用哪种方式我们都需要钱。
in that event
- 那样的话;如果那样
It may snow.
In that event, they won't go.
可能会下雪。那样的话,他们就不去了。
in the event of
- 如果……发生
In the event of rain, the match will be postponed.
如果下雨,比赛将延期。
in the event
- 结果
If you play with fire, you'll get burnt
in the event.
你如果玩火,到头来总会引火烧身。
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’.