Chinese dictionary
v.occur; happen; take place; arise
过去的一年发生了许多重大事件。
Many important events occurred in the past year.
机器发生了故障。
The machine broke down.
你走后,又发生了很多事情。
Lots of things have happened since you left.
药品发生效力。
The drugs took effect.
他对游泳发生了兴趣。
He became interested in swimming.
发生交通事故
have a traffic accident
发生什么不幸了吗?
Did anything untoward happen?
经济改革以来,中国发生了巨大变化。
Dramatic changes have taken place in China since the economic reform.
如果她发生什么意外,请告诉我。
Let me know if anything should happen to her.
他们之间发生了口角。
Angry words passed between them.
危机一个接一个地发生。
One crisis after another developed.
昨天晚上又发生了一起枪击事件。
There was another shooting incident last night.
故事发生在1960年春天。
The story is set in the spring of 1960.
这事发生在河北一个偏僻的农村。
The thing happened in an out-of-the-way village in Hebei.
我一直在期待着发生奇迹般的变化。
I have been expecting some miraculous changes to occur.
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