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Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary
- 发生
[fāshēng]
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产生；出现(原来没有的现象)
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发生了变化
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发生强烈地震
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Examples
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发生了变故。
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Something quite unforeseen has happened.
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事情发生了波折。
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Events took an unexpected turn.
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渡船翻了，一场惨剧发生了。
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The ferry capsized and a disaster occurred.
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水门事件是1972年发生在美国的一件政治丑闻。
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The Watergate affair was a U.S. political scandal that broke in 1972.
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她心里揣想着接下去会发生什么情况。
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She was trying to figure out what would happen next.
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这件事的发生纯属偶然。
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It all happened by sheer chance.
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故事发生的地点
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the locale (or scene) of a story
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那里发生了强烈地震。
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A violent earthquake occurred there.
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在公路拐弯处发生了一起翻车事故。
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A car turned over at the road bend.
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Collocations
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发生变化
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change happens
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发生事故
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meet with an accident
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突然发生
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break out
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接连发生
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happen in succession
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发生的事情
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things that have happened
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发生过
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has/have ever happened
nciku Note
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爆发 and 发生
bàofā and fāshēng
发生 means "that something takes place or happens"; while 爆发 means "a sudden emergency or a flare up of some accumulated force".
1. 爆发
(1) 第二次世界大战爆发于1941年。
(If there is no need to emphasize the unexpectedness, 发生 can take the place of 爆发.)
(2) 这里曾经有过大规模的火山爆发。
(3) 他的情绪压抑了这么久，今天终于爆发了。
2. 发生
(5) 发生了什么事情？
(6) 两个小时前，这里发生了一起严重的枪击事件。
(7) 灾难发生的时候，他们还在睡觉。
“发生”表示事物的产生；“爆发”则表示重大事变的突然来临或情绪、积蓄力量的突然发作。
1. 爆发 （1）（如不强调突然性，该句也可以用“发生”。）
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