单词 | eventless |
释义 | eventlessadj. Without events; not marked by noteworthy incidents; uneventful. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [adjective] > uneventful unincidental1772 incidentless1782 eventless1786 uneventful1800 undated1878 1786 Life Johnson in Johnson's Dict. Eng. Lang. (new ed.) I. sig. av/2 The still, quiet, eventless life of Dr. Johnson will have given rise to a larger number of volumes..than was found sufficient by a most correct, acute, and elegant writer to embrace the whole history of the British people. 1815 F. Burney Jrnl. in Jrnls & Lett. (1980) VIII. 539 Our Journey was eventless. 1878 H. M. Stanley Through Dark Continent x. 213 On the 21st we made a tedious eventless voyage. 1880 J. W. Sherer Conjuror's Daughter 225 The long eventless day was nearing to its close. 1939 S. Cloete Watch for Dawn xvi. 223 The night, like the preceding one, was eventless. 2005 New Yorker 2 May 103/1 The rout and surrender of the French forces that June ended his eventless career as a regular soldier. Derivatives eˈventlessly adv. in an eventless manner; without incident. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [adverb] > uneventfully eventlessly1851 uneventfully1865 1851 Atlas (London) 9 Aug. 504/1 Never did Ministerial crisis terminate so eventlessly as that of February last. 1888 G. E. Post in J. Johnston Rep. Centenary Conf. Protestant Missions I. i. 24 Her life goes on eventlessly year after year until she reaches the mature age of ten. 2015 J. Smiley Golden Age (2016) 402 The hours passed eventlessly but strangely. eˈventlessness n. the fact or state of being eventless; lack of incident. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [noun] > uneventfulness or failure to happen failure1643 eventlessness1852 uneventfulness1878 non-event1936 non-happening1968 1852 Graham's Mag. Sept. 304/2 The thought of the years that had passed since then—of their eventlessness and weary sorrow. 1872 W. D. Howells Their Wedding Journey ix. 277 He was pleased with the natural eventlessness of the whole adventure. 2016 T. Tulathimutte Private Citizens vii. 181 Henrik accepted that this was what normal felt like, tranquil eventlessness, and he enjoyed it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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