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event [events] (occurrence) noun [UK: ɪ.ˈvent] [US: ɪ.ˈvent] | 事件 /shìjiàn/noun 活动 /huódòng/noun 活動noun |
event-driven adjective | 事件驅動adjective 事件驱动 /shìjiàn qūdòng/adjective |
event horizon (gravitational sphere within which light cannot escape) noun [UK: ɪ.ˈvent hə.ˈraɪz.n̩] [US: ɪ.ˈvent hə.ˈraɪz.n̩] | 事件視界noun 事界 /shìjiè/noun |
eventful (pertaining to high levels of activity) adjective [UK: ɪ.ˈvent.fəl] [US: ɪ.ˈvent.fəl] | 多事的 /duōshì de/adjective |
eventually (in the end) adverb [UK: ɪ.ˈven.tʃʊə.li] [US: ɪ.ˈven.tʃə.wə.li] | 始終adverb 始终 /shǐzhōng/adverb 最后 /zuìhòu/adverb 最後adverb 終於adverb 終歸adverb 終究adverb 终于 /zhōngyú/adverb 终归 /zhōngguī/adverb 终究 /zhōngjiǔ/adverb |
even though (although) conjunction [UK: ˈiːv.n̩ ðəʊ] [US: ˈiːv.n̩ ˈðoʊ] | 儘管conjunction 即使 /jíshǐ/conjunction 尽管 /jǐnguǎn/conjunction |
certain event (event that is certain to occur) noun | |
current events (news items) noun [UK: ˈkʌ.rənt ɪ.ˈvents] [US: ˈkɜː.rənt ɪ.ˈvents] | 时事 /shíshì/noun 時事noun |
eleventy (one hundred and ten) numeral | 一百一十numeral |
impossible event (event that cannot occur) noun | |
prevent [prevented, preventing, prevents] (to keep from happening, see also: forestall; avert; ward off) verb [UK: prɪ.ˈvent] [US: prɪ.ˈvent] | 防止 /fángzhǐ/verb 預防verb 预防 /yùfáng/verb |
preventable (capable of being prevented) adjective [UK: prɪ.ˈven.təb.l̩] [US: prɪ.ˈven.təb.l̩] | 可避免的 /kě bìmiǎn de/adjective 可防止的 /kě fángzhǐ de/adjective 可預防的 /kě yùfáng de/adjective |
prevention [preventions] (The act of preventing or hindering) noun [UK: prɪ.ˈven.ʃn̩] [US: pri.ˈven.ʃn̩] | 預防noun 预防 /yùfáng/noun |
prevention is better than cure (It is better to prevent the creation of a problem than to have to deal with it afterwards.) phrase [UK: prɪ.ˈven.ʃn̩ ɪz ˈbe.tə(r) ðæn kjʊə(r)] [US: pri.ˈven.ʃn̩ ˈɪz ˈbe.tər ˈðæn ˈkjʊr] | 未雨綢繆phrase 未雨绸缪 /wèiyǔchóumóu/phrase 防患未然 /fánghuànwèirán/phrase 預防勝於治療phrase |