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If a day, a year, or a life is eventful, a lot of things happen in it — and they matter, or at least they are interesting. It is not a quiet day at home with nothing to tell.
If a day, a year, or a life is eventful如果一天、一年,或一段人生是 eventful,a lot of things happen in it代表裡面發生了很多事——and they matter, or at least they are interesting而且這些事很重要,或至少很有趣。It is not a quiet day at home with nothing to tell它不是那種安靜地待在家、沒什麼好講的日子。
A trip can be eventful because you missed a train, made a new friend, and saw the sea for the first time. A year can be eventful because a baby was born, someone moved house, and the country had an election.
A trip can be eventful because一趟旅行可以是 eventful 的,因為 you missed a train, made a new friend, and saw the sea for the first time你錯過了一班火車、交了一個新朋友,而且第一次看到海。A year can be eventful because一年可以是 eventful 的,因為 a baby was born, someone moved house, and the country had an election家裡多了一個寶寶、有人搬了家,而且國家舉行了選舉。
The word is usually , even a bit of a compliment; though actually, an eventful week can also be , full of trouble as well as news. The opposite is : nothing much happened, and that can be a relief.
The word is usually exciting這個字通常帶有興奮的感覺,even a bit of a compliment甚至有點像是稱讚;though actually, an eventful week can also be tiring不過其實,eventful 的一週也可能很累人,full of trouble as well as news除了新鮮事,也充滿了麻煩。The opposite is uneventful它的反義字是 uneventful:nothing much happened沒發生什麼事,and that can be a relief而這樣有時反而是種鬆一口氣。
Eventful is a normal, slightly grown-up adjective. Students meet it in stories and in the news.
Eventful is a normal, slightly grown-up adjectiveEventful 是個普通、但有點成熟感的形容詞。Students meet it in stories and in the news學生會在故事和新聞裡遇到它。
組成event + -ful (full of).
同家族的字
- eventeventful is event + -ful: full of events
- uneventfulthe opposite: nothing much happens
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
eventfuladj
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Of or pertaining to high levels of activity; having many memorable events.
- With the number of drunken revellers on the streets it could hardly fail to be an eventful night.
- […] there was something of the habitude of the wild animal in the unreflecting instinct with which she rambled on — disconnecting herself by littles from her eventful past at every step, obliterating her identity […]
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。