happen
英 [ˈhæpən] 美 [ˈhæpən]

vi.

发生；碰巧；出现；偶然遇到

变形

过去式：happened过去分词：happened现在分词：happening第三人称单数：happens

双语释义

v.(动词)

1. vi. 发生 occur by chance
2. vi. 碰巧,恰巧 chance; have the good or bad fortune
3. vi. 偶然发现 find by chance

英英释义

happen[ 'hæpən ]

• v.
  • come to pass

    "What is happening?"

    同义词：hapgo onpass offoccurpassfall outcome abouttake place

  • happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance

    "It happens that today is my birthday"

    同义词：befallbechance

  • chance to be or do something, without intention or causation

    "I happen to have just what you need!"

  • come into being; become reality

    同义词：materializematerialise

  • come upon, as if by accident; meet with

    "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"

    同义词：findchancebumpencounter

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)～+副词

• happen again再次发生
• happen commonly通常发生
• happen easily容易发生
• happen frequently经常发生
• happen historically在历史上发生
• happen lately最近发生
• happen logically合乎逻辑地发生
• happen mysteriously神秘地偶然发生
• happen opportunely恰好出现
• happen promptly很快地发生
• happen spontaneously自发
• happen subsequently随后发生
• happen usually通常发生
• happen along偶然出现,碰巧来到

～+副词+介词

• happen in with偶然和…碰见

～+介词

• happen on偶然发现、找到或遇到…
• happen on the book偶然发现这本书
• happen to降临于,注定为,发生于,对…造成损害或损失
• happen upon sb in the street在街上偶然碰见某人

词组短语

happen to be碰巧是；恰巧是

as it happens碰巧；偶然发生

happen on偶然遇到或发现

happen to meet偶然遇见

happen to coincide不约而同；不谋而合

同近义词辨析

take place, happen, occur

这组词都有“发生”的意思，其区别是：

take place 多表示情况或事情按计划发生。如：The story took place in 1917.(故事发生在1917年。)

happen 是常用词，指偶然或按计划的发生。如：When did the explosion happen?(爆炸什么时候发生？)

occur是较正式的用词，主要用以指无计划的发生。

take place, chance, happen, occur

这组词都有“发生”的意思，其区别是：

take place多指通过人为安排的发生。

chance侧重事前无安排或无准备而发生的事，特指巧合。

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。

take place, happen

take place 必然性的发生 Great changes have taken place in my hometown.

happen偶然性的没有预料到的事情的发生,

双语例句

用作不及物动词(vi.)

1. The accident happened at six o'clock.
   事故发生在六点钟。
2. It is impossible to anticipate when it will happen.
   不可能预料这事何时发生。
3. I happened to see her yesterday.
   我昨天碰巧见到她。
4. I happen to have the official statistics with me.
   我碰巧身边有官方的统计数字。
5. I tremble at the thought of what may happen.
   我想到可能出现的情况就不寒而栗。
6. I happened on just the thing I'd been looking for.
   我偶然发现了我一直在寻找的东西。

权威例句

Can "It"Happen Again?
Making things happen: A model of proactive motivation.
A Primer of Decision Making: How Things Happen
What will probably happen with the North and South Korean peace treaty
A Primer on Decision Making: How decisions happen
I knew it would happen ☆ : Remembered probabilities of once—future things
The terrible things that would happen if all the coral reefs died off
Making Innovation Happen in Organizations: Individual Creativity Mechanisms, Organizational Creativity Mechanisms or Both?
That Wasn't Supposed to Happen! Emergency Response Planning With Unforeseen High Consequence Low Probability Events.
Bank ownership and efficiency in China: What will happen in the world’s largest nation? ☆