events

英 [ɪˈvɛnts]

美 [ɪˈvɛnts]

n.  发生的事情; (尤指)重要事情，大事; 公开活动; 社交场合; (体育运动的)比赛项目
event的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 事件;（尤指）特殊事件，重大事件
  Aneventis something that happens, especially when it is unusual or important. You can useeventsto describe all the things that are happening in a particular situation.
  1. ...the events of Black Wednesday...
     “黑色星期三”事件
  2. ...in the wake of recent events in Europe...
     紧随欧洲最近发生的大事之后
  3. A new book by Grass is always an event.
     格拉斯的新书总能引起轰动。
• N-COUNT （社交聚会、体育比赛等有计划、有组织的）活动
  Aneventis a planned and organized occasion, for example a social gathering or a sports match.
  1. The cross-country section of the three-day event was held here yesterday.
     3日比赛中的越野项目昨天在这里举行。
  2. ...major sporting events.
     重大体育赛事
  3. ...our programme of lectures and social events.
     我们的演讲和社交活动计划
• N-COUNT （体育比赛等的）比赛项目
  Aneventis one of the races or competitions that are part of an organized occasion such as a sports meeting.
  1. A solo piper opens Aberdeen Highland Games at 10am and the main events start at 1pm.
     上午10点，一位风笛独奏家揭开了阿伯丁高地运动会的序幕，下午1点主要比赛项目开始。
• PHRASE 万一发生…；如果是那样子的话；假若…
  You usein the event of,in the event that, andin that eventwhen you are talking about a possible future situation, especially when you are planning what to do if it occurs.
  1. The bank has agreed to give an immediate refund in the unlikely event of an error being made...
     万一出现错误——虽然这种几率微乎其微，银行同意立即退款。
  2. In the event that any part of the deal may be blocked, the rest would go ahead.
     万一交易的某一部分受阻，其他部分将继续进行。
• PHRASE 无论如何;不管怎样
  You sayin any eventafter you have been discussing a situation, in order to indicate that what you are saying is true or possible, in spite of anything that has happened or may happen.
  1. In any event, the bowling alley restaurant proved quite acceptable.
     无论如何，那个保龄球场的餐厅证明还是很不错的。
• PHRASE 结果;到头来
  You sayin the eventafter you have been discussing what could have happened in a particular situation, in order to indicate that you are now describing what actually did happen.
  1. 'Don't underestimate us', Norman Willis warned last year. There was, in the event, little danger of that.
     “别低估了我们，”诺曼·威利斯去年警告说。结果，什么事也没有。

双语例句

• She was unable, for once, to control and manipulate events
  她仅有一次没能控制和处理好局势。
• Yesterday afternoon the White House put out a new version of events
  昨天下午，白宫对事件给出了另一种说法。
• Once events are safely in the past, this idea seems to become less alarming
  一旦那些事件尘封为历史，这个想法似乎就变得不那么可怕了。
• The day's events, he said, would only complicate the task of the peacekeeping forces
  他说白天发生的事件只会使维和部队的任务更为复杂。
• What key events influenced the energy situation in 1979?
  是哪些关键性事件影响了1979年的能源状况？
• This issue has been obscured by recent events.
  最近发生的一些事件使这一问题变得混淆不清。
• In 1912 women's events were added, and the modern Olympic programme began to take shape.
  1912年增加了女子比赛项目，现代奥林匹克运动会开始初具雏形。
• The council has organised a series of events and competitions for school children in the area
  委员会为本地区的中小学生组织了一系列的活动和比赛。
• Two events have highlighted the tensions in recent days.
  两起事件进一步凸显了最近一段时间的紧张局势。
• Observers say the events of the weekend seem to have increased support for the opposition
  观察家说周末发生的事件似乎为反对派赢得了更多支持。