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eventuality

/ih-ven-choo-al-i-tee/US // ɪˌvɛn tʃuˈæl ɪ ti //UK // (ɪˌvɛntʃʊˈælɪtɪ) //

不可能的事,可能发生的情况,不测事件,可能发生的事情

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural e·ven·tu·al·i·ties.

    • : a contingent event; a possible occurrence or circumstance: Rain is an eventuality to be reckoned with in planning the picnic.
    • : the state or fact of being eventual; contingent character.

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Examples

  • So they just had to have confidence they’d prepared Perseverance for any eventuality and that it could navigate to a precise spot on an ancient Martian lake bed.

  • We need to get as many people vaccinated with the current vaccine that we have as we possibly can … and prepare for the potential eventuality that we might have to update this vaccine sometime in the future.

  • There’s plenty to be said for covering your bases and preparing for any eventuality, which McCarthy clearly has.

  • Even with a hampered electrical system, the calm and seasoned Komarov was able to manually orient his spacecraft to reenter the Earth’s atmosphere despite having never trained for such an eventuality.

  • It is not possible to encode all useful behavioral responses into the genome in order to have a newborn equipped to deal with every eventuality.

  • He added: “The assets and capabilities we wanted were there to ensure we could deal with any threat, any eventuality.”

  • Do you watch it right away or do you set it aside for some eventuality like a terrible flu or a terrible snow storm?

  • The scenes were filmed dozens of times, he said, allowing for every eventuality.

  • I also think that “Obama is going to sell us out” columns somehow help make that eventuality come true.

  • Such an eventuality would, after all, fulfill their Carter talking point and enable them to go to town on it.

  • He was prepared for any eventuality, and his hand in the pocket of his coat held his pistol, but he was startled at what he saw.

  • Meade, however, after discussing the eventuality of a retreat with his corps commanders, made up his mind to hold his ground.

  • But he added that, of course, the French General Staff had plans ready to meet any eventuality.

  • What had been the feelings of the good Paoli, could he have foreseen this eventuality, as he promised and vowed beside the font!

  • I did not pretend to any desire of embracing Christianity, nor did Mr. Adler, on his part, so much as hint at that eventuality.