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单词 eventuate
释义

eventuate

/ɪˈvɛn(t)ʃʊeɪt /
verb [no object] formal
1Occur as a result: you never know what might eventuate...
  • An expected personal following did not eventuate and he finished well short with just 615 votes.
  • However, the Act has never been brought into force, in part because there was no strong interest in New Zealand, and in part because other developments internationally did not eventuate.
  • It's not clear at this stage just exactly how that will be eventuating.

Synonyms

happen, occur, take place, chance to happen, arise, emerge, come about, transpire, materialize, appear, surface, crop up, spring up, present itself;
ensue, follow, result, develop, supervene, be the result, be the consequence
North American informal go down
literary come to pass, befall, betide, bechance
archaic hap, arrive
result in, end in, have as a result, have as a consequence, lead to, give rise to, bring about, cause
1.1 (eventuate in) Lead to as a result: circumstances that eventuate in crime...
  • To drain me of my blood in order to stock a blood bank may eventuate in some therapeutic results for someone, but it is not therapeutic for me.
  • That is, low levels of aptitude, a lack of interest in mathematics, and unfavourable attitudes toward the course tend to result in high levels of anxiety which eventuates in poor performance on the statistics examination.
  • They are ‘replicated’ only by serving as stimuli for psychological processes eventuating in symbolic activity that stimulates other psychological processes.

Derivatives

eventuation

/ɪvɛn(t)ʃʊˈeɪʃ(ə)n/ noun ...
  • ‘Ethnicization’ did not unfold evenly among Catholic Irish immigrants in Christchurch, nor indeed was it a sudden eventuation.

Origin

Late 18th century (originally US): from event, on the pattern of actuate.

Rhymes

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