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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

发作 [fāzuò]
  1. 1. verb [突发]
    激光唱机的老毛病发作了。
    The CD player is playing up again.
    爷爷的心脏病又发作了。
    Grandpa had another heart attack.
  2. 2. verb [发脾气] flare up
    他爱为小事发作。
    He is liable to flare up at trivial things.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

发作 [fāzuò]
  1. 1. break out; show effect; attack; throw; fit; seizure
    森林里，一只棕熊野性发作，不停地毁坏树木。
    奶奶的腿一到阴寒天就会关节炎发作。
    酒性开始发作。
    The liquor began to show its effect.
    昨天她的心脏病又发作了。
    She had another heart attack yesterday.
  2. 2. have a fit of anger; flare up
    只有泼辣到极点的人，才会当街歇斯底里发作。
    宝钗不禁大怒，但是当着王夫人的面她又不好发作。
    歇斯底里大发作
    have a bad fit of hysterics
    他有些生气，但当着大家的面又不好发作。
    He was angry, but with everybody present, he could not very well show it.
  3. 3. bout

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

发作 [fāzuò]
  1. 1. 动 隐伏的因素显现出来或突然暴发
    药性发作
    旧病发作
  2. 2. 动 动怒
    再怎么气恼,在父母面前他也不敢发作
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Examples

昨天她的心脏病又发作了。
She had another heart attack yesterday. → 发作
酒性开始发作。
The liquor began to show its effect. → 发作
他有些生气，但当着大家的面又不好发作。
He was angry, but with everybody present, he could not very well show it. → 发作
几杯酒下肚，不一会儿酒力发作，浑身焦热。
After drinking several cups of wine, he began to feel its effect and became uncomfortably hot all over. → 酒力
药力发作。
The drug is taking effect. → 药力
烟瘾发作的时候是很痛苦的。 → 烟瘾
药性很快发作了。 → 药
我的胃痛隐隐发作。 → 隐隐
奶奶的腿一到阴寒天就会关节炎发作。 → 发作
森林里，一只棕熊野性发作，不停地毁坏树木。 → 发作
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Collocations

旧病发作
outbreak of old illness
开始发作
start to take effect
发作起来
took effect
不好发作
be resigned to holding one's temper
突然发作
be angry suddenly

Word Decomposition

发
[fā] 		+ 作
[zuò]

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