| 词组 | event |
| 释义 | event The phrase in the event that serves as a somewhat formal substitute for if: • ... next in line for the Presidency in the event that there is no Vice-President —Current Biography 1947 The that is often omitted: • In the event a vehicle is disabled by shelling —Carl Mann, He's In The Signal Corps Now, 1943 Both versions invite predictable criticism for wordiness and pomposity, and there are certainly many contexts in which neither would be appropriate ("In the event that I had a hammer, I'd hammer in the mornin'"). But their distinctive tone and rhythm make them useful in other contexts. In writing that has an elevated quality, for instance, they are entirely at home: • ... which currency would, moreover, be available for immediate use in the event our negotiations with the Russians should utterly collapse and separate action in the West should be required —Jack Bennett, Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, January 1950 |
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