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non-event

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˌnon-eˈvent noun [countable usually singular]  DISAPPOINTEDan event that is disappointing because it is much less interesting, exciting, or important than you expected 远不如预料中那么有趣[兴奋,重要]的事;令人大失所望的事 In the end, the match turned out to be a non-event. 那场比赛最终令人大失所望。
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non-eventCarver's testimony turned out to be a non-event.
ˌnon-eˈvent nounChineseSyllable
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non-event
ˌnon-eˈvent noun [countable usually singular]
 Word Family: noun: event, non-event, eventuality, uneventfulness; adverb: eventfully ≠ uneventfully, eventually; adjective: eventfuluneventful, eventual
an event that is disappointing because it is much less interesting, exciting, or important than you expected:
    In the end, the match turned out to be a non-event.


non-eventBrE /ˌnɒn ɪˈvent/ 🔊NAmE /ˌnɑːn ɪˈvent/ 🔊 noun (informal) an event that was expected to be interesting, exciting and popular but is in fact very disappointing 令人失望的事;扫兴的事 SYN anticlimax


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