in the evening 晚会；晚间活动:' a musicaZ evening at schaoi.(?= when music is performed).学校的，音乐晚会 ► even-ings adv. (especially NAmE) ： He works evenings. 他晚上工作。：E3E3 see other 'evening class noun a course of study for adults in the evening 夜校课程：an evening class in car maintenance 夜校的汽•维修课程◊ to go to/attend evening classes ‘上夜铲

'evening dress noun 1 [U] elegant clothes worn for formal occasions in the evening 晚彳 U艮：Everyone was in evening dress•人人都身着晚礼月^ 2 [C] a woman’s long formal dress女装晚轧服

.evening 'primrdse noun [c, u] a plant with yellow flowers that open in the evening, sometimes used as a medicine f见草（晚间开黄花，可作药用） the .evening 'star noun [sing.] the planet Venus, when it is seen in the western sky after the sun has set 昏星 (即太阳落山后出现于酉方天声的金星 even-Iy /'irvnli/ adv. 1 in a smooth, regular or equal way平?i■地；有规律地；均匀地；相等地：Mafce sure the pai’nt covers the surface ever^y.要确無油漆均匀地涂在表 面上。◊ She w〇5 /〇5t asZeep, br叫thing eveniy..她睡 B 了，呼吸很平稳。◊ evenly spaced at/our cm apart 以 四厘杀知间Pi与句分布2 with equal.amounts for each person or in each place 平均地；均等地：evenZy distributetl/divfded 平均分布 / 分配◊ Jncidence 〇/ the disease is/ai’rZy evenly spread across Ettrope■这种疾病的 发生率在欧洲各地相.当平均。，◊ 77ie two teams are very evenly matched (= are equally likely to win).

势均力敌。3 calmly; without showing any emotion 年 _地；德#地；平和地：(I warned you not to phone me/ he said evenly. K我告诚过你不要给我打电话他平静 地说。

.even 'money noun {BrE also evens [pi.]) (in betting 0 博）odds that give an equal chance of winning or losing and that mean a person has the chance of winning the same amount of money that he or she has bet’ 同额赌

注;均等的输贏机会：

even-song /'i:vnsDr)；.A//\mE -soirj/ noun [U] the service of evening prayer in the Anglican Church圣公会的）晚 祷一compare matins, vespers event 〇T* /I'vent/ noun

1 a thing that happens, especially sth important 发生的 事情；（尤指）重要事情，大事：The decrion was the main event 〇/ 2〇04.那次选举是2004年的主要大事。◊ In the light of later events the decision was proved right. 从后来发生的事看，这一决定证明是正确的。◊ The decisions we take now may influence the course of events :(=仕le way things happen) in the jiuture.我们现在作出 的决定可能会对未来事情的发展产生影响。◊•Eve/yone was frightened by the strange sequence of events. A A# 因接二连三发生的怪事感到惊恐。◊ M the normaZ course of events (= if things had happened as expected) she wouW have gone wit/r him•要是事情发展顺利的话， 她已同他一块儿走了。2 a planned public or social occasion 公开活动；社交场合：a /und-raising event 筹 款活动◊ the social event the year本年度最重要的社女 3 one of the races or competitions in a sports programme (体育运动的）比赛项目：77ie 800 metres is the/ourth event 〇/the a/ternoon. * 800 米赛是下午■的 第四命比赛。一 see also field event, track event IHrai after the e’.vent (8r£). after sth has happened 事情 发生后；事后 i Anyone can be. wise a_/iter the. event,..秦后 如明谁都会。in _any event 丨 at ’.all events used to emphasize or show that sth is true or will happen in spite of other circumstances 不管怎'样;i 无论:如:何 HT71 in any case ： I think she'll agree to do it but in any event, aH she can say is ‘no’.我想她会同意做的，但无论 怎样，她只能说“木”。in the e’verit when the situ­ation actually happened 结果； 到头来：I got very nervous about the exam, but in the event, I needn^t have worried/ ft was reaHy easy.我対考试提心吊胆，但其实我 本不必担心这次考试的确很容易。丨n the event of sth | in the event that sth happens if sth happens 如果… ■发生；万一；倘若：In the event of an accikent, call this number.万一全生事故就拨这个号码。◊ Shei7a wiZZ inherit everything in the event of his death. # — _B

去，所有财产都由希拉继承。in 'that eventif that happen?如果是那样的话；如果那种事情发生：Mt/iat event, we wZH have to reconsider our cyQfer.如果是那样.的 话，我们就得重新考虑我们的建议。一more at happy, wise

.even-1 tempered adj. not easily made angry or upset

性情平和的

event-ful /r'ventfl/ adj. full of things that happen, espe­cially exciting, important or dangerous things 的；多事故的；多变故的：even的iZ day/ii/e/joumey 不平凡的一天;多姿多彩的一生/旅程 even-tide /'iivntaid/ noun [\J] [old use or literary) evening 黄昏； >薄暮

event-ing /I'ventir)/ (also ,three-day e'venting) noun [U] the sport of taking part in competitions riding horses. These are often held over three days and include riding across country, jumping and dressage•马术比赛，马术 日赛（包括越野赛、超越障碍赛和花式骑术） even-fual /I'ventjual/ adj. [only before noun] happening at the end of a period of time or of a process 梟后的..； 最终的；结果的：the eventual winner 〇/ the tournament 舍标赛的ft终胜利者◊ It is fmpossi’bie to predict what the eventual outcome vviH be.无法预测最终结果。◊ The village school may face eventual closure.

能最终会面关闭。

even-tu-al-ity /i.ventj'u'aelati/ noun {pi. -iies) (formal) something that may possibly happen, especially sth unple邪ant (‘尤指令人不快的）可能发生的事情，可能出 现的结—：We were prepared /or every eventua〖fty•我 们准备应'付任何可能出现的情况。◊ The money had been saved/or just such an eventuaHty.钱积攒下杂就是为应 付这样的意外。

even_tu.alJy 〇■» /i_ventjuaii/ 滅 at the end of a period of time or a series of events M 后；终于：Our 夕ight eventuaHy    月ve hours Zate.我们

的班机最终晚了五个小时起飞。◊ /H get round to mending ft eventuaHy.我最后会抽tB时间来修理它的。◊ She hopes to get a job on the local newspaper and eventu- aWy worfc/or Yhe rimes’.她希望先在备地报社找一份工 作，最终去《泰晤士报》工作。C113 Use finally for the last in a list of things.列举事物:中的最后一项用 fmaUy0

even*tu*ate /I'ventjueit/ verb [V] (formal) to happen as a result of sth成为结果；导致；最终造成 ever CHf/*eva(r)/ adv.

1 used in negative sentences and questions, or sentences with // to mean ‘at any time’（用于否定句和 疑问句，或与if连用的句子）在任何时候，从来.： Nothing ever h叩pens here.这儿从未发生过任何事。◊ Don’t you ever get tired?难道你从来不累吗？ ◊ J/ you’re ever in Miami, come and see us.如秦臭分么 候到 了迈阿 密■，等来看看我们吧。Have you ever  〇/

changing your job?’‘JVo, never/NoJ haven’t.’ “你想过邊 一下工作吗？” “投有,从未想过。” ◊ ‘Have you ever been to Rome?’ Yes,J have, actuaHy.' iVot Zong ago.’ “你 去过罗马吗？，“是的，我确实去过，就在不久前。” ◊ She ZiardZy ever (= almost never) goes out.她几乎从不 出门 i ◊ We see t/iem very seidom, f/ever.我彳p难得见到 #fl〇 〇 {informal) I'll never ever do that again!

不会干.那种事了: j 2 used for emphasis v^ien you are comparing things (进行比较时用以加强语氕.）以往任何 _时候，曾经：was raining harder than ever•.当时下着 前k未有的大雨。◊ ft’s my best ever score.这是_得到 过的最好分数。3 (rather/or/rw/) all the time or every time; always 示断地；总是；始终：PauZ, ever the opti­mist, agreed to try again. 保罗这个永远的乐观主义喜答 ■应再试一次。She married the prince and t/iey Hved happity ever a/ter.她与王子成了婚，从此过着幸福的生 活。◊ We said he wouW Zove her/or ever (and ever)•他 说会永远爱她。◊ rheir debts grew ever iarger (= kept increasing)•他们的债务不断增加。◊ the ever-growing problem 曰趋严重的问题◊ cm ever-present danger.始终 存在的危险 4 used after vv/7e/7, why，etc. to show that you are surprised or shocked (用手 when、why 等之后 表示惊讶}究竟，到底:Why ever did you agree?你究竟 .为什么要同舍..?，IT»T??1 all sb ever does is ... used to emphasize that sb does the same thing very often, usually in an annoying way某人只会/就知道摄某事：