event
event 英 [ɪˈvent] 美 [ɪˈvɛnt]
n. 事件
名词复数:events
- An event is something that happens, or might happen. In the event that you get stuck in traffic, the wedding will continue. It is too important an event to wait even for someone as important as you.
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- n. 事件
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1. 911 event
911事件
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2. The election was the main event of 2008.
那次选举是 2008 年的重大事件。
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3. a fund-raising event
筹款活动
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4. the social event of the year
本年度最重要的社交活动
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5. Anyone can be wise after the event.
事后聪明谁都会。
- event (n.) 1570s, "the consequence of anything" (as in in the event that); 1580s, "that which happens;" from Middle French event, from Latin eventus "occurrence, accident, event, fortune, fate, lot, issue," from past participle stem of evenire "to come out, happen, result," from assimilated form of ex- "out" (see ex-) + venire "to come," from a suffixed form of PIE root *gwa- "to go, come." Meaning "a contest or single proceeding in a public sport" is from 1865. Events as "the course of events" is attested from 1842. Event horizon in astrophysics is from 1969.
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