Definition
并发 means 'to occur simultaneously' or 'to be concurrent'. It is most commonly used in two contexts: in medicine, it refers to a complication (a secondary disease that arises alongside the primary one), and in computing, it refers to concurrency (multiple processes or tasks happening at the same time). The verb is often followed by a noun: 并发感染 (concurrent infection), 并发问题 (concurrency issue). The English gloss 'be complicated by' captures the medical sense but not the broader meaning.
v.p.
to occur simultaneouslyto be concurrent(medical) complicationto be complicated by
Examples
- 并发。Zhè zhǒng jíbìng cháng bìng fā fèiyán.This disease is often complicated by pneumonia.
- 并发。Xìtǒng xūyào chǔlǐ dàliàng bìng fā qǐngqiú.The system needs to handle a large number of concurrent requests.
- 。Huànzhě chūxiàn le yánzhòng de bìng fā zhèngzhuàng.The patient developed severe concurrent symptoms.
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