Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - event
Связанные словари
Event
event
~ n 1 »INTERESTING/EXCITING« something that happens, especially something important, interesting or unusual (the most important events of 1994 | The article discusses the events which led up to the prime minister's resignation. | sequence of events (=the order in which events happened)) (reconstructing the sequence of events on the night of the murder | course of events (=the way that each event caused the next one, without being planned)) (Nothing you could have done would have changed the course of events.) 2 »COMPETITION/PERFORMANCE/PARTY« an important performance, sports competition, party etc which has been arranged for a particular date and time (the biggest event of the racing season | social/sporting/fund-raising etc event) (The Christie Ball soon became the social event of the year.) 3 »IN A SPORTS COMPETITION« any of the races, competitions etc arranged as part of a day's sports. (The next event will be the 100 metres.) (- see also field event, threeday event) 4 in any/either event also at all events used just before or after a statement to emphasize that it will happen in spite of anything else that may happen (I'll probably see you tomorrow but I'll phone in any event.) 5 in the event used to emphasize what actually happened in a situation as opposed to what you thought might happen (We were afraid he would be nervous on stage, but in the event he sang beautifully.) 6 in the event of rain/ fire/an accident etc also in the event that used to tell people what they should do or what will happen if something else happens (Britain agreed to support the US in the event of war.) 7 in the normal course of events if things happen in the normal way (In the normal course of events, John will inherit the money from his Uncle.)
Рейтинг статьи:
См. в других словарях
1.
(events) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. An event is something that happens, especially when it is unusual or important. You can use events to describe all the things that are happening in a particular situation. ...the events of Black Wednesday... A new book by Grass is always an event. N-COUNT 2. An event is a planned and organized occasion, for example a social gathering or a sports match. ...major sporting events. ...our programme of lectures and social events. N-COUNT: usu with supp 3. An event is one of the races or competitions that are part of an organized occasion such as a sports meeting. A solo piper opens Aberdeen Highland Games at 10am and the main events start at 1pm. N-COUNT 4. You use in the event of, in the event that, and in that event when you are talking about a possible future situation, especially when you are planning what to do if it occurs. The bank has agreed to give an immediate refund in the unlikely event of an error being made... PHRASE 5. You say in any event after you have been discussing a situation, in order to indicate that what you are saying is true or possible, in spite of anything that has happened or may happen. In any event, the bowling alley restaurant proved quite acceptable. = anyway PHRASE: PHR with cl 6. You say in the event after you have been discussing what could have happened in a particular situation, in order to indicate that you are now describing what actually did happen. (BRIT) ‘Don’t underestimate us’, Norman Willis warned last year. There was, in the event, little danger of that. PHRASE: PHR with cl ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
2.
noun Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin ~us, from evenire to happen, from e- + venire to come — more at come Date: 1549 1. a. archaic outcome b. the final outcome or determination of a legal action c. a postulated outcome, condition, or ~uality in the ~ that I am not there, call the house 2. a. something that happens ; occurrence b. a noteworthy happening c. a social occasion or activity d. an adverse or damaging medical occurrence a heart attack or other cardiac ~ 3. any of the contests in a program of sports 4. the fundamental entity of observed physical reality represented by a point designated by three coordinates of place and one of time in the space-time continuum postulated by the theory of relativity 5. a subset of the possible outcomes of an experiment Synonyms: see occurrence • ~less adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
3.
n. 1 a thing that happens or takes place, esp. one of importance. 2 a the fact of a thing's occurring. b a result or outcome. 3 an item in a sports programme, or the programme as a whole. 4 Physics a single occurrence of a process, e.g. the ionization of one atom. 5 something on the result of which money is staked. Phrases and idioms at all events (or in any event) whatever happens. event horizon Astron. the gravitational boundary enclosing a black hole, from which no light escapes. in the event as it turns (or turned) out. in the event of if (a specified thing) happens. in the event that disp. if it happens that. Etymology: L eventus f. evenire event- happen (as E-, venire come) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
4.
1) явление; акт; событие; ситуация 2) геофиз. вступление волны 3) волна (на сейсмограмме) 4) событие (вызывающее нарушение нормальной работы АЭС) - antithetical events - antithetic events - basic event - certain event - chance event - common-cause event - compatible events - conditional event - dangerous weather event - dependent event - diffracted event - direct event - disjoint events - dummy event - elastic event - elementary event - equally likely events - exceptional weather event - exclusive events - external event - false event - file event - fission event - higher order event - human-error event - impossible event - incompatible events - independent events - initial event - initial ionizing event - initiating event - intermediate event - interrupt event - ionizing event - likely event - man-caused event - nuclear event - null event - particularly dangerous event - postulated initiating events - program event - random event - rare event - reflected event - refraction event - severe weather event - significant event - simple event - sporting event - sure event - transient initiating events ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
Англо-русский строительный словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английски словарь по телекоммуникациям
7.
1) событие, явление 2) исход, результат 3) случай, происшествие 4) эпизод - accidental event - almost certain event - almost coincident events - almost exclusive events - atomic event - binary event - boundary event - capture event - casual event - complex event - compound event - conditionally simple event - decomposable event - empty event - extreme event - favourable event - finitary event - fuzzy event - generalized event - highly improbable event - highly probable event - highly unlikely event - hypothetical event - improper event - incompatible events - indecomposable event - indefinite event - invariant event - ionization event - irregular event - logically determinate event - logically indeterminate event - molecular event - natural event - nonnull event - observable event - one-dimensional event - periodic event - persistent event - positive event - predecessor event - pseudoprobabilistic event - purely random event - real event - realizable event - regeneration event - regenerative event - representable event - single event - statistically defined event - stochastic event - stochastically impossible event - success event - sum event - symbolic event - tail event - time-dependent event - two-dimensional event - ultimate-definite event - uncertain event - universal event - vacuous event - virtially impossible event ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
8.
сущ. 1) событие, явление 2) случай, происшествие • - Event of default - annual event - antithetical events - beginning event - chance event - compatible events - complementary events - compound event - definite event - demographic event - dependent events - ending event - equiprobable events - equivalent events - event risk - in the event that - morbid event - random event - scheduled event - sure event - terminating event - uncertain event - vital event EVENT событие – in any event ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
9.
биом. событие – actual event – certain event – complementary event – compound event – disjoint events – equally possible events – excluding events – simple event ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
10.
1. событие, важное явление; значительный факт international events —- международные события the happy event —- счастливое событие (преим. рождение ребенка, свадьба) seismic event —- сейсмическое явление quite an event —- целое событие a train (chain) of events —- цепь событий the course of human events —- ход развития человечества in the natural course of events —- при нормальном развитии событий 2. случай in the event of —- в случае (чего-л.) in the event of his death —- в случае его смерти at all events —- во всяком случае in either event —- и в том и другом случае in any event —- так или иначе, в любом случае in that event —- в таком случае in no event —- ни в коем случае 3. мероприятие (прием, вечер, зрелище и т. п.) social event —- неофициальная встреча, встреча друзей formal event —- официальное мероприятие (заседание и т. п.) musical and theatrical events —- музыкальные и театральные выступления; концерты и спектакли 4. спорт. соревнование combined events —- комбинированные соревнования jumping event —- соревнование по прыжкам; прыжки на лыжах throwing event —- соревнование по метанию 5. спорт. вид спорта 6. спорт. номер в программе состязания 7. исход, результат in the event —- как оказалось to be unhappy in the event —- в конечном счете потерпеть неудачу 8. кин. эпизод 9. тех. такт (двигателя внутреннего...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
11.
noun 1) событие the course of events - ход событий quite an event - целое, настоящее событие 2) случай, происшествие in the event of his death - в случае его смерти at all events - во всяком случае in any/either event - так или иначе 3) исход, результат his plan was unhappy in the event - в конечном результате его план потерпел неудачу 4) номер (в программе состязаний) 5) соревнование по определенному виду спорта 6) tech. такт (двигателя внутреннего сгорания) 7) phys. ядерное превращение (тж. nuclear event) ...Англо-русский словарь
12.
See: IN ANY CASE or AT ALL EVENTS, IN ANY CASE also IN ANY EVENT or AT ALL EVENTS, IN CASE or IN THE EVENT, IN CASE OF also IN THE EVENT OF. ...Английский словарь американских идиом
13.
- 1570s, from M.Fr. event, from L. eventus "occurrence, issue," from evenire "to come out, happen, result," from ex- "out" + venire "come." Eventually first recorded 1660; eventuality is 1828, originally "the power of observing in phrenology." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
Вопрос-ответ:
Похожие слова
Ссылка для сайта или блога:
Ссылка для форума (bb-код):
Самые популярные термины
1 | 12715 | |
2 | 2608 | |
3 | 2445 | |
4 | 1706 | |
5 | 1671 | |
6 | 987 | |
7 | 977 | |
8 | 861 | |
9 | 782 | |
10 | 779 | |
11 | 744 | |
12 | 736 | |
13 | 683 | |
14 | 679 | |
15 | 642 | |
16 | 638 | |
17 | 638 | |
18 | 629 | |
19 | 612 | |
20 | 607 |