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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

事件 [shìjiàn]
  1. 1. noun event

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

事件 [shìjiàn]
  1. 1. incident; event;occurrence
    二十世纪最伟大的事件
    the greatest event in the 20th century
    流血事件
    a bloody incident

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

事件 [shìjiàn]
  1. 1. 历史上或社会上发生的重大事情
    历史事件
    流血事件

Examples

一起惨痛的事件
a most distressing incident
水门事件是1972年发生在美国的一件政治丑闻。
The Watergate affair was a U.S. political scandal that broke in 1972.
导致第二次世界大战的一些事件
the events that led up to World War II
这一事件使我们更清楚地懂得了问题的复杂性。
This incident brought home to us the complex nature of the problem.
这起儿子虐待老人的事件,引起了群众的极大愤慨。
The maltreatment of the old man by his son aroused great public indignation.
事件发生在这个派出所的管界内。
It took place in an area under the jurisdiction of this police station.
骇人听闻的纵火事件
a shocking case of arson
事件的全部经过
the whole course of the incident; the whole process from beginning to end
保证不再发生类似事件
guarantee against the occurrence of similar incidents
整个事件我都亲眼目睹。
I saw the incident from beginning to end with my own eyes.

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Related Measure Words

  [gè] |  一个事件
  [lèi] |  一类事件
  [qǐ] |  一起事件

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