英漢辭典

1. n. (名詞 noun)
   1. (特指)重大事件;偶發事件

   Coming events cast their shadows before.

   【諺】 事發之前必有症兆,「一葉落而知秋」

   a double event

   併發事件.

   It was quite an event.

   那確實是件大事

   the ten chief events of last year

   去年發生的十大事件

2. 2. 大事;(原子能反應堆、發電站等的)事故,故障

3. 3. [數] [理] 事件

4. 4. 結局

5. 5. 結果

   Fools are wise [It is easy to be wise] after the event.

   【諺】 事後諸葛亮,傻子也能當.

6. 6. [體] 比賽項目;(數局比賽中的)一局,一盤,勝負局

   a main event

   主要比賽項目

   a sporting event

   體育[運動]項目

   track and field events

   田徑賽項目

   make an event of her marriage

   打個賭看她的婚姻是好是壞.

7. 7. (可能的)情況

柯林斯英英辭典

n. (noun)

1. anything that takes place or happens, esp something important; happening; incident

2. the actual or final outcome; result (esp in the phrases in the event, after the event)

3. any one contest in a programme of sporting or other contests

the high jump is his event

4. [Philosophy] an occurrence regarded as a bare instant of space-time as contrasted with an object which fills space and has endurance

5. an occurrence regarded in isolation from, or contrasted with, human agency - Compare act

vb

1. to take part or ride (a horse) in eventing

2. [Etymology] C16: from Latin eventus a happening, from evenire to come forth, happen, from venire to come