event

Definitions

e- (out, a form of ex-) + vent (come) = "that which comes out." An event is, at root, an outcome — something that comes out of a chain of causes. From "a result" it broadened to any happening, then to organized happenings (a charity event) and to numbered items in a competition (the 100m event).

Common Collocations

• 1.major event重大事件
• 2.in the event of万一……（in the event of）
• 3.current events时事
• 4.sporting event体育赛事

Example Sentences

• 1.

  The festival is the biggest event in our town's calendar.

• 2.

  Nobody could have predicted the events that followed.

• 3.

  She won three events at the swimming championships.