happen
- v.（尤指偶然）发生，出现;（作为结果）出现，发生;碰巧，恰好;<主美>碰巧来（或去），偶然出现
过去式： happened 现在分词： happening 过去分词： happened 第三人称单数： happens
hap 运气,机会 + -p- + -en 动词后缀
happenverb
（尤指偶然）发生，出现
to take place, especially without being planned
You'll never guess what's happened!
你根本猜不到出了什么事！
Accidents like this happen all the time.
此类事故经常发生。
Let's see what happens next week.
咱们等着瞧下一周会怎么样。
I'll be there whatever happens .
不管发生什么事我都会到那儿的。
I don't know how this happened.
我不知道这事怎么发生的。
（作为结果）出现，发生
to take place as the result of sth
She pressed the button but nothing happened.
她按下按钮，但什么反应也没有。
What happens if nobody comes to the party?
要是没有人来参加聚会，会怎么样呢？
Just plug it in and see what happens .
就把插头插上，看看会怎么样。
碰巧；恰好
to do or be sth by chance
She happened to be out when we called.
我们打电话时她刚巧不在家。
You don't happen to know his name, do you?
你不会碰巧知道他的名字吧？
It happened that she was out when we called.
我们打电话时她刚巧不在家。
（向对方表示异议或不悦等）
used to tell sb sth, especially when you are disagreeing with them or annoyed by what they have said
That happens to be my mother you're talking about!
你们谈论的是我母亲！
used to say that it is not possible to know what the result of sth will be
used when you say sth that is surprising, or sth connected with what sb else has just said
我恰恰和你意见一致。
I agree with you, as it happens.
As it happens, I have a spare set of keys in my office.
碰巧我在办公室有一套备用钥匙。
by chance
他们碰巧也获得邀请。
It just so happened they'd been invited too.
used to tell sb not to worry about sth they have done
“对不起，我弄洒了些酒。”“没关系。这种事在所难免。”
‘Sorry─I've spilt some wine.’ ‘Never mind. These things happen.’
people say accidents will happen to tell sb who has had an accident, for example breaking sth, that it does not matter and they should not worry
a thing or person that is very likely to cause danger or a problem in the future because of the condition it is in or the way they behave
偶然发现某物
to find sth by chance
遭到；遇到
to have an effect on sb/sth
I hope nothing (= nothing unpleasant) has happened to them.
我希望他们没出事。
It's the best thing that has ever happened to me.
这是我所遇到的最好的事。
What's happened to your car?
你的车出什么毛病了？
Do you know what happened to Gill Lovecy (= have you any news about her) ?
你有吉尔∙洛夫西的消息吗？
happen
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VERB （偶然）发生，出现
Something that happens occurs or is done without being planned.We cannot say for sure what will happen...
我们无法确定会发生什么事。
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VERB （作为结果）发生，产生
If something happens, it occurs as a result of a situation or course of action.She wondered what would happen if her parents found her...
她不知道如果父母找到自己会有什么结果。
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VERB （尤指不愉快的事）发生（在…身上）;(某人)遭到;遇到
When something, especially something unpleasant, happens to you, it takes place and affects you.If we had been spotted at that point, I don't know what would have happened to us...
如果当时我们被发现了，我不知道会有什么后果。
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VERB 碰巧;凑巧
If you happen to do something, you do it by chance. If it happens that something is the case, it occurs by chance.We happened to discover we had a friend in common...
我们凑巧发现我们有一个共同的朋友。
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PHRASE 碰巧，恰恰（尤引出令人意外的事）
You use as it happens in order to introduce a statement, especially one that is rather surprising.She called Amy to see if she had any idea of her son's whereabouts. As it happened, Amy had.
她打电话给埃米，看她是否知道自己儿子的行踪。埃米还真就知道。
verb
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- come to pass
- What is happening?
- The meeting took place off without an incidence
- Nothing occurred that seemed important
- Synonym: hap go on pass off occur pass fall out come about take place
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- come into being;become reality
- Her dream really materialized
- Synonym: materialize materialise
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- happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance
- It happens that today is my birthday
- These things befell" (Santayana
- Synonym: befall bechance
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- come upon, as if by accident;meet with
- We find this idea in Plato
- I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here
- She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day
- Synonym: find chance bump encounter
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- chance to be or do something, without intention or causation
- I happen to have just what you need!
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He gave me a guarantee that it would never happen again .
他向我保证这种事情绝不会再发生。
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Who can say what will happen next year ?
谁能说得出明年会发生什么事？
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All these changes happened over a period of time .
所有这些变化都是在一段时间内发生的。
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This is the second time it 's happened .
这已是第二次了。
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You must on no condition tell them what happened .
你决不能告诉他们所发生的事。
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You don 't happen to know his name , do you ?
你不会碰巧知道他的名字吧？
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She gave us her version of what had happened that day .
她从她的角度向我们描述了那天发生的事情。
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She gave us her version of what had happened that day .
她向我们描述了她认为那天发生的事情。
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It 's the best thing that has ever happened to me .
这是我所遇到的最好的事。
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Accidents like this happen all the time .
此类事故经常发生。
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I give you my word that this won 't happen again .
我向你保证这种事不会再次发生。
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The same thing happened to me last week .
上星期我也遇到了同样的事。
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It happened late last century ─ in 1895 to be exact .
那事发生在上个世纪末——确切地说，发生在1895年。
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We watched to see what would happen next .
我们注视着下一步要发生的事情。
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Did it really happen or did I just dream it ?
这是真的吗？还是我在做梦？
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She brought him up to date with what had happened .
她让他知道最新的情况。
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It happened that she was out when we called .
我们打电话时她刚巧不在家。
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Don 't keep us in suspense ─ what happened next ?
别跟我们卖关子了——然后发生了什么事儿？
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Let 's see what happens next week .
咱们等着瞧下一周会怎么样。
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The children gave a confused account of what had happened .
孩子们把发生的事叙述得颠三倒四。
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At least give him the opportunity of explaining what happened .
至少要给他机会解释一下发生了什么事。
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I don 't know how this happened .
我不知道这事怎么发生的。
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The accident happened as the jet was about to take off .
事故是在喷气式飞机正要起飞时发生的。
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No one knows for sure what happened .
谁也不知道究竟发生了什么事。
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The accident happened through no fault of her own .
这一事故的发生不是她本人的过错。
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We will never allow that to happen ! No sir !
我们决不能允许那样的事情发生！决不能！
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What 's the worst thing that could happen ?
情况最坏会怎么样？
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Tell me what happened in your own words .
用你自己的话告诉我出了什么事。
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We didn 't want this to happen .
我们并不希望发生这样的事情。
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Unless something unexpected happens , I 'll see you tomorrow .
如果不出意外，我明天去看你。
普通用词，多用于偶然事件。
The accident happened at 5 o'clock.
事故发生在5点钟。
What happened then?
后来又发生了什么事？
可用于偶然事件或计划之事，可与 happen 换用。
The earthquake occurred/happened at dawn.
地震发生在黎明时分。
A serious traffic accident occurred/happened yesterday.
昨天发生了一起严重的交通事故。
主要用于事先计划好的事情。
Great changes have taken place in China.
中国发生了翻天覆地的变化。
The parade will take place on Sunday, rain or shine.
庆祝游行定于星期日举行，风雨无阻。
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