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    With nothing much happening — no surprises, no trouble, no excitement. The important thing is the feeling behind it, which is usually relief, not .

    With nothing much happening沒什麼特別的事發生——no surprises沒有驚喜,no trouble沒有麻煩,no excitement也沒有刺激。The important thing重要的是 is the feeling behind it它背後的那種感覺,which is usually relief, not boredom通常是鬆一口氣,而不是無聊。

    An uneventful flight is a good flight. An uneventful night in a hospital means the patient is fine. An uneventful journey, an uneventful week, an uneventful recovery: in every one of these, the speaker is glad.

    An uneventful flight一趟平安無事的班機 is a good flight就是一趟好的班機。An uneventful night in a hospital醫院裡平安無事的一晚 means the patient is fine代表病人狀況良好。An uneventful journey平安的旅程, an uneventful week平靜的一週, an uneventful recovery順利的康復:in every one of these這些例子裡,the speaker is glad說話的人都是感到慶幸的。

    That is because the things that could have "happened" would have been bad ones. So while the dictionary says "nothing or unusual happening", the real message is closer to "nothing went wrong".

    That is because這是因為 the things that could have 'happened'原本可能發生的事 would have been bad ones本來都會是壞事。So while雖然 the dictionary says字典的說法是 'nothing exciting or unusual happening''沒有刺激或不尋常的事發生',the real message is closer to真正的意思比較接近 'nothing went wrong''沒出什麼差錯'。

    It can carry a small sigh of too — "my summer was pretty uneventful" — and you can hear which one is meant from the situation and the tone. It goes with stretches of time and with journeys most of all, and it is formal: a friend would more likely say "nothing happened".

    It can carry a small sigh of boredom too它也可能帶著一絲無聊的嘆息——'my summer was pretty uneventful''我的暑假過得平淡無奇'——and you can hear which one is meant from the situation and the tone你可以從情境和語氣聽出說話者指的是哪一種。It goes with它常搭配 stretches of time and with journeys most of all一段時間或旅程最為常見,and it is mildly formal而且語氣稍微正式:a friend would more likely say一個朋友比較可能會說 'nothing happened''什麼事都沒發生'。

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組成un- (not) + eventful (full of events). Eventful is event + -ful, so uneventful is literally "not full of things happening".

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  • eventthe noun at its centre — something that happens
  • eventfulthe opposite — full of things happening

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。

uneventfuladj

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    monotonous; lacking significant or noteworthy events

    • There were not many passengers, and the journey was uneventful until the frontier was reached at Padang Besar, although an armed escort of Malay police accompanied the train from Alor Star.
    • Even in Austria, a largely uneventful democracy, the far right Freedom Party has achieved startling electoral success on the strength of its ability to play up people’s suspicions and anger that "everything is rigged" and that the system is weighted to discount the popular will.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。