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单词 eventual
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Definition of eventual in English:

eventual

adjective ɪˈvɛn(t)ʃʊ(ə)ləˈvɛn(t)ʃ(u)əl
  • attributive Occurring or existing at the end of or as a result of a process or period of time.

    it's impossible to predict the eventual outcome of the competition
    Example sentencesExamples
    • They might take consolation in the thought that the eventual destination of those so purged is paradise.
    • I'm wondering whether I should stuff some in plastic bags and save it for eventual sculpting.
    • What savings they do have is normally earmarked for an eventual down payment on a house or condo.
    • After A-levels our son hopes to go to university to read maths, with the eventual aim of teaching.
    • The eventual aim is to restore Swindon's stately home to its former Georgian glory.
    • Too much moisture or rain causes mustiness in the eventual taste and so the beans area heaped up at night against the dew.
    • Funnily enough, one of the few things that isn't bothering me is the eventual prospect of an interview.
    • The borough will try to reissue them but admits that a legal challenge to the eventual result is a real prospect.
    • Whatever the eventual result of these present problems, Labour MPs feel let down.
    • The eventual aim is to provide a courts complex suitable for modern needs.
    • My notes do not give me the other match results or indeed the eventual winners of the League.
    • In turn, the farm shows the result of the evolution and the eventual takeover of machinery from horses.
    • It may make it difficult to accept and process eventual failure to cope.
    • They feel betrayed and so there may yet be another set of demonstrations and another eventual change in power.
    • The early period is one of explosive experimentation, with the eventual winner hard to see.
    • This process is almost as important as the eventual winner to Soho Theatre.
    • This way we'd have some control over the process and the eventual outcome.
    • I think this is because they know that my eventual weapon will be my vocal chords.
    • What gets completely buried is the eventual outcome of subsequent investigations.
    • This is unlikely to alter the eventual outcome, but might ensure that it is achieved with a vestige of dignity.
    Synonyms
    final, ultimate, concluding, closing, endmost, end, terminal
    resulting, ensuing, consequent, subsequent

Origin

Early 17th century (in the sense 'relating to an event or events'): from Latin eventus (see event), on the pattern of actual.

Rhymes

accentual, conventual
 
 

Definition of eventual in US English:

eventual

adjectiveəˈvɛn(t)ʃ(u)ələˈven(t)SH(o͞o)əl
  • attributive Occurring at the end of or as a result of a series of events; final; ultimate.

    it's impossible to predict the eventual outcome of the competition
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Whatever the eventual result of these present problems, Labour MPs feel let down.
    • After A-levels our son hopes to go to university to read maths, with the eventual aim of teaching.
    • My notes do not give me the other match results or indeed the eventual winners of the League.
    • The early period is one of explosive experimentation, with the eventual winner hard to see.
    • Funnily enough, one of the few things that isn't bothering me is the eventual prospect of an interview.
    • I think this is because they know that my eventual weapon will be my vocal chords.
    • This way we'd have some control over the process and the eventual outcome.
    • What savings they do have is normally earmarked for an eventual down payment on a house or condo.
    • In turn, the farm shows the result of the evolution and the eventual takeover of machinery from horses.
    • The eventual aim is to provide a courts complex suitable for modern needs.
    • What gets completely buried is the eventual outcome of subsequent investigations.
    • This process is almost as important as the eventual winner to Soho Theatre.
    • The borough will try to reissue them but admits that a legal challenge to the eventual result is a real prospect.
    • It may make it difficult to accept and process eventual failure to cope.
    • Too much moisture or rain causes mustiness in the eventual taste and so the beans area heaped up at night against the dew.
    • The eventual aim is to restore Swindon's stately home to its former Georgian glory.
    • I'm wondering whether I should stuff some in plastic bags and save it for eventual sculpting.
    • They feel betrayed and so there may yet be another set of demonstrations and another eventual change in power.
    • This is unlikely to alter the eventual outcome, but might ensure that it is achieved with a vestige of dignity.
    • They might take consolation in the thought that the eventual destination of those so purged is paradise.
    Synonyms
    final, ultimate, concluding, closing, endmost, end, terminal

Origin

Early 17th century (in the sense ‘relating to an event or events’): from Latin eventus (see event), on the pattern of actual.

 
 
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