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uneventful

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++un·e·vent·ful /ˌʌnɪˈventfəl◂/ adjective  BORINGwith nothing exciting or unusual happening 平淡的;平静的;平凡的 Annie led a quiet uneventful life. 安妮过着安静平淡的生活。 The journey was uneventful. 旅途平平淡淡。uneventfully adverbuneventfulness noun [uncountable]
Examples from the Corpus
uneventfulOur trip up to New England was uneventful.But most nights it was quiet and uneventful.The balance of the day was uneventful.Otherwise, the Grammy telecast was smooth and uneventful, awkward at times.The journey had not been entirely uneventful, I discovered later.It tends to be uneventful, its often prolonged sequence of steps suggesting enforcement by attrition.But if the mission is uneventful, the biggest danger is that we might let down our guard, get complacent.We take an uneventful trip to the lake.Shortly before this, however, fate took a hand in the so far uneventful war of Second Lieutenant Stirling.
un·e·vent·ful adjectiveChineseSyllable
nothing Corpus exciting with unusual or happening


uneventful
uneventful /ˌʌnɪˈventfəl◂/ adjective
 Word Family: noun: event, non-event, eventuality, uneventfulness; adverb: eventfully ≠ uneventfully, eventually; adjective: eventfuluneventful, eventual
with nothing exciting or unusual happening:
    Annie led a quiet uneventful life.
    The journey was uneventful.
—uneventfully adverb
—uneventfulness noun [uncountable]


un·event·fulBrE /ˌʌnɪˈventfl/ 🔊NAmE /ˌʌnɪˈventfl/ 🔊 adjectivein which nothing interesting, unusual or exciting happens 平淡无奇的;平凡的;缺乏刺激的an uneventful life平淡的一生 OPP eventful un·event·ful·ly BrE /ˌʌnɪˈventfəli/ 🔊NAmE /ˌʌnɪˈventfəli/ 🔊 adverbThe day passed uneventfully. 这一天平平淡淡地过去了。🔊🔊