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单词 uneventful
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Definition of uneventful in English:

uneventful

adjectiveʌnɪˈvɛntfʊlʌnɪˈvɛntf(ə)lˌənɪˈvɛntfəl
  • Not marked by interesting or exciting events.

    平静的;无惊人事件的;常规的

    a place where dull people lead uneventful lives
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It was significant that, overall, the defenders received most of the plaudits in an uneventful first half.
    • On the face of it Scott has enjoyed a remarkably uneventful life.
    • The drive back home was uneventful except for a change in the sky.
    • His early development was uneventful though slow by comparison with that of his older sister.
    • But after that adrenaline rush while still in my nightshirt, the rest of the day has been pretty uneventful.
    • I had to tell you about it, in all its uneventful detail, simply because those annoying people cornered me today.
    • Life has otherwise been uneventful, so there's not been much to say.
    • For a time, perhaps, she had broken away from a slow, uneventful life.
    • After an uneventful start, in which both sides failed to create any real chances, Balliol took the lead against the wind.
    • The rest of the journey was uneventful and I'd forgotten the incident.
    • He said the journey from Paddington and through Reading had been uneventful.
    • Yesterday was so uneventful that there is almost nothing to report.
    • If the flight was uneventful, his first parachute jump in action was not.
    • The rest of the day was interesting but uneventful with regard to this article.
    • Apart from unusually scrupulous screening, it was all uneventful and grey.
    • The difficulty wasn't that Hill led an uneventful life, just that no-one seems to have had a clue who he really was.
    • However, his uneventful, everyday life is turned upside down by Connie's death.
    • The first half had been a solid, uneventful affair, but the second half started in explosive fashion.
    • Aside from that the journey from London to Oxford was decidedly uneventful.
    • It's been another uneventful day, filled with packing and organising.
    Synonyms
    unexciting, uninteresting, monotonous, unchanging, boring, dull, tedious, slow, flat, humdrum, routine, bland, insipid, unvaried, ordinary, run-of-the-mill, pedestrian, commonplace, everyday, mundane, predictable, unexceptional, unremarkable, uninspiring, unmemorable

Derivatives

  • uneventfully

  • adverbʌnɪˈvɛntf(ə)liʌnɪˈvɛntfʊliˌənɪˈvɛntfəli
    • The strike period passed uneventfully with no major incidents in the area.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • On that Tuesday, our journey began uneventfully.
      • The first month in her new job passed uneventfully.
      • The flight proceeded to its destination uneventfully.
      • The minutes followed each other uneventfully.
  • uneventfulness

  • noun
    • It is a country where people live in the comfort of uneventfulness.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Life here is almost English in its suburban uneventfulness.
      • Tea was recuperative, it made things better, or it celebrated uneventfulness, emphasising that nothing was wrong.
      • The landscape rolls by with superficial uneventfulness until the eye begins to entertain itself by finding distinctive features.
      • However, because of this relative uneventfulness, the infernal events that unfold at the end of the film are all the more shocking.

Definition of uneventful in US English:

uneventful

adjectiveˌənɪˈvɛntfəlˌəniˈventfəl
  • Not marked by interesting or exciting events.

    平静的;无惊人事件的;常规的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • But after that adrenaline rush while still in my nightshirt, the rest of the day has been pretty uneventful.
    • The rest of the day was interesting but uneventful with regard to this article.
    • He said the journey from Paddington and through Reading had been uneventful.
    • His early development was uneventful though slow by comparison with that of his older sister.
    • For a time, perhaps, she had broken away from a slow, uneventful life.
    • I had to tell you about it, in all its uneventful detail, simply because those annoying people cornered me today.
    • Yesterday was so uneventful that there is almost nothing to report.
    • The difficulty wasn't that Hill led an uneventful life, just that no-one seems to have had a clue who he really was.
    • Life has otherwise been uneventful, so there's not been much to say.
    • After an uneventful start, in which both sides failed to create any real chances, Balliol took the lead against the wind.
    • The drive back home was uneventful except for a change in the sky.
    • If the flight was uneventful, his first parachute jump in action was not.
    • On the face of it Scott has enjoyed a remarkably uneventful life.
    • However, his uneventful, everyday life is turned upside down by Connie's death.
    • It was significant that, overall, the defenders received most of the plaudits in an uneventful first half.
    • Apart from unusually scrupulous screening, it was all uneventful and grey.
    • The rest of the journey was uneventful and I'd forgotten the incident.
    • It's been another uneventful day, filled with packing and organising.
    • The first half had been a solid, uneventful affair, but the second half started in explosive fashion.
    • Aside from that the journey from London to Oxford was decidedly uneventful.
    Synonyms
    unexciting, uninteresting, monotonous, unchanging, boring, dull, tedious, slow, flat, humdrum, routine, bland, insipid, unvaried, ordinary, run-of-the-mill, pedestrian, commonplace, everyday, mundane, predictable, unexceptional, unremarkable, uninspiring, unmemorable
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