单词 | eventful |
释义 | eventfule‧vent‧ful /ɪˈventfəl/ adjective Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorwhen a lot of things happen► eventful Collocations a period of time that is eventful is one during which a lot of interesting or important things happen: · It has been an eventful week in politics, with the resignations of three Presidential advisers.· When Marilyn Monroe died the press was anxious to uncover every aspect of her eventful career.highly eventful: · The General's last two years were to prove highly eventful for him and the country. ► action-packed: action-packed holiday/trip/film etc a holiday trip etc during which you do a lot of exciting things or during which a lot of exciting things happen: · We provide action-packed holidays for children including riding, sailing, rock-climbing, and canoeing.· another action-packed adventure movie starring Harrison Ford an interesting period of time► interesting an interesting period of time has a lot of interesting , unusual, or exciting things happening during it: · Today's been really interesting, I enjoyed it very much.· At the age of 80 she still leads a very busy and interesting life.· The Renaissance must have been a very interesting time to have been alive. ► eventful full of interesting or important events: · The poet Arthur Rimbaud led a short but extremely eventful life.· It has been an eventful day in politics -- two ministers have resigned and the Prime Minister has called an election. ► colourful British /colorful American containing a lot of unusual, exciting, and sometimes immoral events or behaviour: · There are many chapters in Wilkins' long, colorful life, including the time he spent in prison.· Coleman's colourful life is recorded in his autobiography, Reflections of a Racing Driver.· Riva is a welcoming town with a colourful history. ► there's never a dull moment spoken say this about a situation, film, story etc in which a lot of things happen, and you do not have time to be bored: · When you have three young children to look after there's never a dull moment.· There's never a dull moment in our house, especially as there are ten of us living here.· There's never a dull moment in the entire film, and Pierce Brosnan is superb in the James Bond role. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► day Word family· We prefer to spend the day with Fred Z - an unremarkable person living through a not particularly eventful day.· This was to be an eventful day for the travellers.· The morning celebrations were only the start of an eventful day for Napier University.· It had been a long and eventful day.· Scandal led to Majorie being stripped of her Miss World title after 104 eventful days.· That was one of Albert Square's less eventful days.· Chelsea had the better chances - and it was an eventful day for substitute David Lee. WORD FAMILYnouneventnon-eventeventualityuneventfulnessadjectiveeventful ≠ uneventfuleventualadverbeventfully ≠ uneventfullyeventually full of interesting or important events: She’s led an eventful life. an eventful day |
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