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事shìⅠ ? ? （事情） matter; affair, thing; business: 把壞 ～ 變成好 ～ turn a bad thing into a good one; 公 ～ public affairs; official business [duties]; 國家大 ～ affairs of state; 別叫我做辦不到的 ～。 Don't ask me to do impossible things. 還有些未完成的 ～ 需要處理。 There is still some unfinished business to settle. 我們就這 ～ 請教過他。 We have consulted him about the matter. 要是你愿意承辦這件 ～， 我將不勝感激。 If you will undertake the affair, I shall be very grateful.
? （事故） trouble; accident: 出 ～ have an accident; 惹 ～ make trouble; stir up trouble; 省了不少 ～ save a lot of trouble; 平安無 ～。 All is well. 一夜無 ～ 。 The night passed without accident.
? (職業(yè)；工作) job; work: 找 ～ look for a job; 有 ～ 大家做。 We should all share the work.
? （關(guān)系或責任） responsibility; involvement: 請回去吧， 沒有你的 ～ 了。 Please go back, there is nothing of your concern now. 這件案子里還有他的 ～ 呢。 He was involved in the case, too. Ⅱ ? ? [書] （侍奉） wait upon; serve: ～ 父母 wait upon one's parents
? （從事） be engaged in: 不 ～ 生產(chǎn) lead an idle life; 無所 ～ ～ doing nothing; loafing
◆事半功倍 yield [get] twice the result with half the effort; By doing half the work, one will get double the result.; get twofold results with half the effort; half the work with double results；
事倍功半 get half the results with double [twice] the effort; labour hard to little avail; mountain in labour; The mountains have brought forth a mouse.; twice the work with half the results；
事必躬親 take care of every single thing personally; attend to everything personally; see to everything oneself；
事變 incident; emergency; exigency; the course of events; events；
事不關(guān)己， 高高掛起 Let things drift if they do not affect one personally.; stand aloof from things of no personal interest；
事不宜遲 This matter should not be delayed.; cannot delay matters; It permits of no delay.; lose no time; must not have the slightest delay in this matter; no time to lose; The matter brooks no delay.; The matter must not be delayed.; There is no need for any delay.; There should be no delay.; There's not a moment to lose.；
事出有因 A thing [Everything] has its cause.; It is by no means accidental.; not entirely devoid of truth; The cause is not far to seek.; There is a [good] reason [cause] for it.; There's no smoke without fire.; This happens not without reason.；
事到臨頭 when things come to a head; when the situation becomes critical; at the last moment；
事典 encyclopedia；
事端 disturbance; incident; dispute；
事非經(jīng)過不知難 not to know how difficult the job is, unless one has done it oneself; A man does not know the difficulty of anything unless he does it personally.; One cannot appreciate the difficulty except through personal experience.; One does not realize the difficulty of an undertaking until one has experienced it oneself.；
事功 [書] cause and contribution；
事故 malfunction; trouble; fault; failure; mistake; accident; mishap；
事過境遷 When the incident [matter] is over, the circumstances will be different [change].; The affair is over and the situation has changed.; The events have passed and the times have changed.; The incident is over and the circumstances are different.；
事后 after the event; afterwards；
事后諸葛亮 be wise after the event; be wise in retrospect; second guesser；
事機 confidential affairs; secret affairs; situation; circumstances; trend of events；
事跡 deed; achievement；
事假 leave of absence (to attend to private affairs); compassionate leave；
事件 event; incident; love; événement；
事理 reason; logic；
事例 example; instance；
事略 biographical sketch; short biographical account；
事前 before the event; in advance; beforehand；
事情 affair; matter; thing; business；
事權(quán) [書] powers or authority of office；
事實 fact；
事實上 in fact; in reality; as a matter of fact; actually；
事實勝于雄辯 Facts speak louder than words.; Facts are more eloquent than words.; Facts are stronger than arguments.；
事事 everything；
事態(tài) state of affairs; situation；
事體 affair; matter; business；
事物 thing; object; arrangement；
事務(wù) work; routine; affairs; general affairs；
事項 item; matter；
事業(yè) cause; undertaking; enterprise; facilities；
事業(yè)單位 state-run institution; 事宜 matters concerned; arrangements；
事由 the origin of an incident; particulars of a matter; main content；
事與愿違 get the opposite of what one wants; achieve the opposite of what one intended; be contrary to what one expects; Events do not happen as one wishes.; One did not succeed in carrying out one's intention.; Reality does not accord with hopes.; The result is [turns out] contrary to one's expectations.; The result ran counter to one's desire.; The result was the reverse of one's wishes.; Things did not turn out the way one wanted it [had anticipated].; Things do not (always) turn out as one wishes.; Things go athwart (one's purpose).; Things go contrary to one's wishes.; Things have come out against sb.; Things have not been going the way one expected.; Things were not moving in the direction desired.；
事在人為 Human effort is the decisive factor.; Human effort can achieve anything.; It all depends on human effort.; Where there's a will there is a way.；
事主 the victim of a crime |