| 词组 | eventuate |
| 释义 | eventuate Eventuate, which means "to result, come to pass, come about," started life as an Americanism in the late 18th century and was stigmatized for that reason in the 19th century. Alford 1866, a British commentator, called it "another horrible word, which is fast getting into our language through the provincial press." Richard Grant White 1870 and Ayres 1881, both Americans, lifted their cudgels in turn but berated eventuate with a different meaning of provincial in mind. According to Ayres, eventuate (in addition to effectuate and ratiocinate) was "said to be a great favorite with the rural members of the Arkansas legislature." Next came a couple of moderating opinions which noted the past criticism of eventuate but claimed that "it has been employed by good writers in England" (OED) and therefore "may be considered good English" (Vizetelly 1906). Fowler 1926 and Krapp 1927 then tried a new tack by blaming journalists for using eventuate. Modern-day critics have for the most part contented themselves with deriding the word itself (but not the people who use it) as pompous, ponderous, and unnecessary. In our time eventuate has been used on both sides of the Atlantic primarily in scholarly and scientific writing and in the rather dry prose of textbooks and reference works. It has also had some use in popular magazines and newspapers, but it is not the best choice when you are aiming for simplicity, informality, or forcefulness in your style. • ... this usually eventuated in some kind of legislation —Frederic A. Ogg & Harold Zink, Modern Foreign Governments, 1949 • ... some disease that could not be cured and which would eventuate in death —Tennessee Williams, The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone, 1950 • How shall the teacher mediate music to the pupil so that the desirable changes I have been enumerating shall actually eventuate? —Karl Wilson Gehrkens, Educational Music Mag., September-October 1954 • ... rarely does some good fail to eventuate —Ernest K. Lindley, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 1957 • ... the Nazi-Fascist millenium [sic] which mercifully never eventuated —Times Literary Supp., 15 Aug. 1980 • ... a possible cognitive-social mechanism by which deafness may eventuate in paranoia —Philip G. Zimbardo, Science, 26 June 1981 |
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