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- event [ɪ 'vεnt] [ɪ 'vent]
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1.
noun
（偶发）事件，事变；可能发生的事情，尤指要事、大事
- The 2008 Olympic Games will be the biggest ever sporting event ever held in Beijing.
- 2008年奥运会将会是北京有史以来举办的最盛大的体育赛事。
- The fund raising event will be followed by a small party.
- 募捐活动后将会有个小型晚会。
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2.
noun
[legal]
[archaic]
结局；诉讼（或判决）的结果
- 3. noun （运动会等的）比赛项目
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4.
noun
[mathematics]
事件
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1.
noun
（偶发）事件，事变；可能发生的事情，尤指要事、大事
Collins English-English Dictionary
- event [ɪ'vεnt]
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n
anything that takes place or happens, esp something important; happening; incident
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2.
n
the actual or final outcome; result (esp in the phrases in the event, after the event)
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3.
n
any one contest in a programme of sporting or other contests
- the high jump is his event
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4.
n
[philosophy]
an occurrence regarded as a bare instant of space-time as contrasted with an object which fills space and has endurance
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5.
n
an occurrence regarded in isolation from, or contrasted with, human agency - Compare act
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6.
vb
to take part or ride (a horse) in eventing
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7.
vb
[Etymology]
C16: from Latin
e ventus a happening, frome veni re to come forth, happen, from veni re to come
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1.
n
anything that takes place or happens, esp something important; happening; incident
Examples
- a postmeridian event
- 午后发生的事件 → postmeridian
- a social event
- 社交界的一次活动 → social
- a yearly event
- 一年一次的比赛项目 → yearly
- Your worry is always triggered by some external event or happening.
- 你总是为一些外因或事情而烦恼。 → worry
- I feel very honored to be invited to the event.
- 能够应邀出席这个活动，我深感荣幸。 → honor
- We have given participants a packet of reading materials about the event.
- 我们给每位与会者都发了一袋关于此事件的阅读资料。 → packet
- Roll up all the posters carefully, so we can use them for our next event.
- 把所有海报都好好卷起来，这样我们下次活动就还可以再用。
- She has a part in the event organization.
- 她是赛事组织工作中的一员。 → part
- The 2008 Olympic Games will be the biggest ever sporting event ever held in Beijing.
- 2008年奥运会将会是北京有史以来举办的最盛大的体育赛事。 → event
- The fund raising event will be followed by a small party.
- 募捐活动后将会有个小型晚会。 → event
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