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事件 — meaning in English

shì jiàn

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English meaning

  • episode noun A single installment of a TV or radio series.
  • event noun Something that happens, especially something notable.
  • incident noun An event, especially one that is noteworthy, unpleasant, or disruptive.
  • installment noun One part of something released or paid in a series over time.

Senses

事件 is used for these senses in English:

  • episode An incident, action, or time period standing out by itself, but more or less connected with a complete series of events.
  • event (computing) A possible action that the user can perform that is monitored by an application or the operating system (event listener). When an event occurs an event handler is called which performs a specific task.
  • incident (countable, uncountable) An event or occurrence.
  • installment One of a series of parts, whether equal or unequal to the other parts of the series, of a given entity or a given process, which part presents or is presented at a particular scheduled interval.

episode — full definition

  1. noun A single installment of a TV or radio series.
  2. noun A single notable event or incident, especially one forming part of a larger sequence.

event — full definition

  1. noun Something that happens, especially something notable.
  2. noun A planned occasion or activity, such as a competition or gathering.
  3. noun (computing) An action detected by a program, such as a click or keypress, that triggers a response.

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