单词辨析 | uneven,uneventful

本次我们来辨别2个单词,它们分别是:

  • uneven
  • uneventful

他们虽然没有完全相同的翻译,但是

他们真的很像,导致我以为uneventful是uneven的副词形式,但是他们的意思是相反的。

第1个单词:uneven

美音:/ʌnˈiːv(ə)n/,英音:/ʌnˈiːv(ə)n/
含义:adj. 不平滑的,不平坦的;不规则的,不均匀的;质量不稳定的;不平等的,不平衡的;实力悬殊的,一边倒的;(大小或长度)不相等的;不平整的,不平直的,不平行的;(数)奇数的
网络含义:不齐

英文短含义:Uneven is the opposite of uniform and predictable. If the road is uneven, it’s bumpy and rough, and you’ll have to dodge the potholes./

不均匀与均匀和可预测相反。如果道路不平整,崎岖不平,你就得躲避坑洼。

英文长含义:If your performance as Hamlet is uneven, your “To be or not to be” might be brilliant, but you mumble through “Get thee to a nunnery!” If the economic recovery is uneven, it’s not the same in every sector — maybe manufacturing and exports are picking up steam but the housing market is still lagging. If your soccer team of skinny 12-year-olds is up against a team of beefy 16-year-old giants, it’s an uneven match and likely to be ugly.

如果你作为哈姆雷特的表现参差不齐,你的“生存还是毁灭”可能很精彩,但你会喃喃自语“带你去修道院!”如果经济复苏不平衡,那么每个部门的情况都不一样——也许制造业和出口正在加速发展,但房地产市场仍然滞后。如果你的 12 岁瘦小足球队与 16 岁强壮的巨人队比赛,那将是一场不平衡的比赛,而且很可能很丑陋。

例句1:After a moment, he dared himself to go and stand on the uneven tiles just inside the chancel.
片刻后,他鼓起勇气走到圣坛内凹凸不平的地砖上。
– from I’m the King of the Castle

例句2:It was the most uneven, wobbly spiral Nathan had ever seen.
这是内森见过的最不均匀、最不稳定的螺旋。
– from Healer of the Water Monster

例句3:“Oh, oh, oh! What have you done? I’m spoiled! I can’t go! My hair, oh, my hair!” wailed Meg, looking with despair at the uneven frizzle on her forehead.
“哦哦哦!你做了什么?我被宠坏了!我不能去!我的头发,哦,我的头发!”梅格哀号道,绝望地看着她额头上参差不齐的卷发。
– from Little Women

第2个单词:uneventful

美音:/ˌʌnɪˈventf(ə)l/,英音:/ˌʌnɪˈventf(ə)l/
含义:adj. 平凡的;平静无事的
网络含义:太平无事的

英文短含义:/

例句1:There were times when all was good, visits were enjoyable, uneventful.
有时一切都很好,访问很愉快,平安无事。
– from Zeitoun

例句2:Our third day on the water has been quiet, even uneventful.
我们在水上的第三天很平静,甚至平静无事。
– from On a Maine windjammer, feasts of food, scenery and conversation

例句3:Too late I realized that for all his air of exasperation this was a moment he had dreamed of during many long, uneventful shifts in his little glass booth.
为时已晚,我意识到尽管他一脸恼怒,但在他的小玻璃隔间里,这是他在许多漫长而平静的轮班中梦寐以求的时刻。
– from A Walk in the Woods


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