Very often tragedies or near tragedies occurred.是什么意思？

Very often tragedies or near tragedies occurred.

悲剧或近乎悲剧的事经常发生。

very

adj. 很，非常，恰好是，正是，十足的，特有的；adv. 很，非常，充分，完全；

例句
Most people have very little difficulty in seeing why a Van Gogh is a work of genius.
多数人不难理解为什么凡·高的作品是天才之作。

often

adv. 常常，经常，时常，再三；

例句
Genetic abnormalities are more often associated with faults in paternal DNA than in maternal DNA.
相对于母本DNA,基因畸变往往更多地与父本DNA上的缺陷相关。

tragedies

n. 惨事，灾难( tragedy的名词复数 )，悲剧；

例句
The tragedies begin to interlock...
悲剧开始相互交叠。

or

conj. 或，或者，还是，不然，否则，左右；prep. <古、诗>在…之前，比…更早；n. [纹章]黑金色、黑色；

例句
We are scared to abandon ourselves to our feelings in case we seem weak or out of control.
我们不敢放纵自己的情感，以免显得太过软弱或缺乏自制。

near

adv. （空间）在近处，在附近，（时间）临近，（程度）几乎；prep. （表示程度）接近，（表示位置）靠近，（表示时间）将近，接近于（某种状态）；adj. 近的，亲密的，近似，（亲属关系）近亲；

例句
Doctors have decided the only way he can live anything near a normal life is to give him an operation...
医生的结论是只有做手术，他才有可能过上基本正常的生活。

occurred

v. 发生(occur 的过去分词)；

例句
The deaths occurred when police acted to stop widespread looting and vandalism...
警方采取行动制止猖狂的打砸抢行为时有多人丧生。