happenstance

美 [ˈhæpənstæns]英 [ˈhæpənstæns]
  • n.偶然情况;(尤指)机遇
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noun

U C偶然情况;(尤指)机遇
chance, especially when it results in sth good

happenstance

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  • 1
    N-UNCOUNT 偶然情况;巧合
    If you say that something happened by happenstance, you mean that it happened because of certain circumstances, although it was not planned by anyone.

    I came to live at the farm by happenstance.

    我来到该农场住下纯属偶然。

noun

1
an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental
Synonym: coincidence

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  1. It can involve happenstance , hunches and blind panic .

    这当中可能涉及偶然情况、直觉和盲目的恐慌。

  2. I came to live at the farm by happenstance .

    我来到该农场住下纯属偶然。

  3. In part this was the result of happenstance .

    从某种程度来讲,这是偶然的结果。

  4. Because of social media and technology , the beauty of happenstance has become archaic .

    拜社交媒体和现代科技所赐,因邂逅擦出的美丽火花已成过往。

  5. By happenstance they were both in the room at the same time .

    他们凑巧同时都在房间里。

  6. Here are some techniques the authors suggest we can use to turn happenstance to our advantage .

    以下是作者的一些建议,我们可以用它来将偶发事件转变成对我们有益的事件。

  7. Well , that is an interesting question , but I think it was more by happenstance .

    嗯,这是个有趣的问题可是我认为这只是凑巧而已。

  8. So number one , be thorough . Don 't count on happenstance to get you anywhere , because it won 't.

    所以,第一,要周全。别指望靠偶然能让你做成什么事,因为偶然不能。

  9. You don 't think it was just happenstance ?

    你不觉得它只是意外?

  10. She fell into fashion by happenstance after moving to New York City from Massachusetts to attend the School of Visual Arts .

    她从马萨诸塞州搬到纽约市上视觉艺术学校(SchoolofVisualArts)后偶然进入了时尚界。

  11. That being said , part of it was just happenstance in that I wasn 't doing anything in front of a camera .

    话虽这么说,但喜欢它的一部分原因仅仅是我不是在摄像机前面做任何表演。

  12. The short , unplumbed history of executive toys appears to be largely a tale of happenstance .

    办公室玩具拥有一段短暂而未经探索的历史,其中似乎包含着许多偶然的故事。

  13. Like me , they would have no idea what took place during the night , and to unravel this mystery I could count only on some future happenstance .

    夜间所有的经过他们也一点不知道,像我完全不知道一样,要想揭开这个神秘,我只有依靠将来的偶然机会了。

  14. Chen 's fateful happenstance refract puzzle of the world , and his magic dissipate of his life just the logic result of absurdity .

    陈世德决定性的偶然经历折射出人生的不可知,他疯狂的人生挥霍体现出一种全部浸在荒谬之中的生活逻辑结果。

  15. Just as importantly , the coalition has learned that the messy happenstance of everyday government can be disruptive and demoralising .

    同样重要的是,政府也学到日常政治生活中的偶然事件也会扰人不休,令人气馁。

  16. IT 'S an odd happenstance when chocolate cake inspires a recipe for deviled eggs , but so it went a few weeks ago .

    魔鬼蛋的灵感来源于巧克力蛋糕,虽然只是我偶然的奇怪的想法,但是好像几个星期前就已经形成了雏形。

  17. If the National Day of2008 has anything else of remark , then it must be the happenstance that it is the30-year anniversary of the Reform and Opening .

    如果说2008年的国庆日还有什么特别之处,那么就在于今年恰逢改革开放30周年。

  18. The main complaint has always revolved around the fact that Apple seemed not to have a plan for the day that Jobs would cede the helm either by choice or happenstance .

    主要的抱怨总是离不开事实,业界认为,Apple公司似乎并未准备好一份计划应付乔布斯发生意外或者主动辞职的状况。

  19. This feature of stability highlights a basic contrast between an overlapping consensus and a modus Vivendi , the stability of which does depend on happenstance and a balance of relative forces .

    因此,与一种权宜之计不同,重叠共识所带来的稳定性并不信赖于各种相对力量之间的偶然情形和平衡。

  20. Based on the above research , the paper provides strategy for avoiding progressive collapse caused by the damage of local component from the angle of controlling the happenstance of accidental events , preventing local structural damage and ensuring reasonable structure design .

    基于上述研究,本文从控制偶然事件发生、防止结构局部破坏及保证合理结构设计等角度提出了避免结构因局部构件破坏发生连续倒塌的策略。

  21. She told a friend she hoped in Beijing just by happenstance to bump into Cantopop star Leon Lai , whom she was ' crazy ' about , according to a friend .

    据朋友说,她曾告诉一位朋友,她希望能在北京偶遇香港明星黎明(LeonLai),她是黎明的狂热粉丝。

  22. Moreover , there are still plenty of opportunities throughout everyday life that could lead to a moment of romantic happenstance , but the prevalence of dating apps and websites could actually prevent us from becoming privy to these real-life encounters .

    此外,在日常生活中有很多机会来一场浪漫邂逅,但交友软件和网站的盛行却生生切断了这样一种可能。

  23. The precise causal connection between this tiny biological happenstance , and a few other minor variations that exist in that slice of the Whole Sort of General Mish Mash - such as Tricia McMillan failing to leave with Zaphod Beeblebrox ,

    这一微不足道的生物事件与存在于那片全体各色总杂烩中的其他几件小事——例如崔茜卡.麦克米伦没能随同赞福德.毕博布鲁克斯离开地球,美洲山核桃口味冰淇淋奇低的销量以及这一切的发生地,地球,

  24. But some of our greatest biologists pushed back against the idea that everything we discover in an organism had to be an exquisite adaptation . To these biologists , a fully efficient genome would be inconsistent with the arbitrariness of our genesis , with the fact that every species emerged through pure happenstance , over eons of false starts .

    然而,一些最伟大的生物学家却提出了反对意见。在这些生物学家看来,充分高效的基因组与我们起源的随意性不符,事实上,每一个物种都是在无数次错误的尝试中偶然诞生的。