happen

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• ① 发生
  • She had no knowledge of what was happening.她不知道发生什么事。
  • Accidents will happen.意外是难免的[容易发生]。
  • Don't let it happen again.不要让这种事再发生。
  • A strange thing happened to her.一件怪事发生在她身上。
  • What can have happened to this copier?这台复印机到底怎么了?
  • What happened next?接着发生了什么事?

• ② 1偶然[碰巧]做出2[以it为主词]碰巧…
  • I happened to meet her in Paris yesterday.昨天我碰巧在巴黎碰到她。
  • Should you happen to need anything, don't hesitate to tell me.如果你需要什么,请尽管吩咐。
  • It happened that we were in Paris then.那时我们碰巧在巴黎。
  • It so happened that I was there when she fainted.她昏倒的时候,碰巧我在那里。

• ③ 1偶然碰到[看到、想到]<on, upon, across>2【口】偶然在[来、去]
  • I happened on [upon] the very CD that I wanted.我偶然找到了我想要的那张雷射唱片。
  • My friend happened along [by, in].我的朋友碰巧来了[经过、进来]。