1 N-COUNT 事件;（尤指）特殊事件，重大事件 An event is something that happens, especially when it is unusual or important. You can use events to describe all the things that are happening in a particular situation. 事件;（尤指）特殊事件，重大事件
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...the events of Black Wednesday. [+ of]
“黑色星期三”事件
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...in the wake of recent events in Europe.
紧随欧洲最近发生的大事之后
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A new book by Grass is always an event.
格拉斯的新书总能引起轰动。
SYN incident, happening, experience, matter
2 N-COUNT （社交聚会、体育比赛等有计划、有组织的）活动 An event is a planned and organized occasion, for example a social gathering or a sports match. （社交聚会、体育比赛等有计划、有组织的）活动
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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。
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...major sporting events.
重大体育赛事
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...our programme of lectures and social events.
我们的演讲和社交活动计划
SYN competition, game, tournament, contest
3 N-COUNT （体育比赛等的）比赛项目 An event is one of the races or competitions that are part of an organized occasion such as a sports meeting. （体育比赛等的）比赛项目
4 PHRASE 万一发生…；如果是那样子的话；假若… You use in the event of ,in the event that, and in that event when you are talking about a possible future situation, especially when you are planning what to do if it occurs. 万一发生…；如果是那样子的话；假若…
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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。
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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。
5 PHRASE 无论如何;不管怎样 You say in any event after 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. 无论如何;不管怎样
6 PHRASE 结果;到头来 You say in the event after 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. 结果;到头来 [British]
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'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。
SYN in the end, as it happened, as it turned out
| Thesaurus | event Also look up: |
| N. | happening, occasion, occurrence 1 competition, contest, game, meet, tournament 3 |
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