单词 | eventful |
释义 | eventful (once / 1107 pages) adj Eventful things are exciting, important, or full of incidents. Your eventful life might inspire you to write a fascinating autobiography one day. If your day is eventful, a lot of things happen — it can be good or bad, but it's certainly not boring. If you see a hot air balloon land on the highway while you're driving to work, and when you arrive all of your co-workers are wearing costumes, and then your boss gives you a huge raise, you can call it an eventful day. The word dates from about 1600, meaning literally "full of events." WORD FAMILYeventful: eventfully, uneventful+/event: eventful, events, eventuate, nonevent/eventuate: eventuated, eventuates, eventuating/nonevent: nonevents/uneventful: uneventfully USAGE EXAMPLESHe rejects even the customary reliance on an eventful plot. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) Fused into abstractions, the disparate pieces yield paintings that are as eventful as epic Renaissance canvasses. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) In Collier’s opinion, it was eventful and unusual but not terrifying. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1adj full of events or incidents the most exhausting and eventful day of my life Syn|Ant lively filled with events or activity uneventful marked by no noteworthy or significant events 2adj having important issues or results an eventful decision Syn consequential important, of import of great significance or value |
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