take place的近义词有：happen, occur, chance, take place。下面这些词语都可表示"发生"的含义：happen：普通用词，泛指一切客观事物或情况的发生，强调动作的偶然性。occur：较正式用词，可指意外地发生，也可指意料中的发生。chance：侧重事前无安排或无准备而发生的事，特指巧合。take place：多指通过人为安排的发生。...
The lifeboat soon got abreast of the foundering ship.救生艇很快就赶到了那艘正在下沉的船旁.With global climate - change negotiations foundering, the prospects of raising cash for REDD that way look poor.由于就全球气候变化的谈判破裂,通过这种方式来为REDD集资前景堪忧....
She heard the sound of the guns thundering in the fog.她听到雾中传来隆隆的枪炮声。On their journey south they hit a bank of fog off the north-east coast of Scotland.南行途中，他们在苏格兰东北海岸外遭遇了大雾。I said, 'My car won't go in fog'...