happens; happened; happening
happens; happened; happening
Learner's definition of HAPPEN
[no object]
1
: to take place especially without being planned : occur(尤指偶然地)发生 -
Mistakes/Accidents will happen.错误/事故终究会发生。
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Something like that was bound to happen sooner or later.类似那样的事情早晚都会发生。
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You never know what's going to happen when they get together.你永远不知道他们聚在一起会发生什么事。
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What happened at school today?学校今天发生什么事了吗?
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“What's happening?” “They're installing new equipment.”“怎么了?”“他们正在安装新设备。”
2 not used in progressive tenses
a : to do or be something by chance碰巧;恰好 —
followed by to + verb接动词不定式 -
The children happened to be asleep when we called.我们打电话时,孩子们恰好在睡觉。
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I happened to overhear their conversation.我无意中听到了他们的谈话。
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I happen to know his brother.我碰巧认识他哥哥。
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Do you happen to know the way to the station?请问你知道去火车站怎么走吗?
b —
used with it to describe something that occurs by chance与it连用,表示某事碰巧发生 -
It (so) happened that the children were asleep when we called.我们打电话时,孩子们恰好在睡觉。
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It happened to rain that day.碰巧那天下雨了。
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As it happened, it rained that day.碰巧那天下雨了。
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It (just so) happens that I know his brother.(真是)碰巧,我认识他哥哥。
c —
used to make an angry or forceful statement用于表示愤怒或加强语气; —
followed by to + verb接动词不定式
happen along
[phrasal verb] US, literary + old-fashioned or happen by
: to come to or by a place by chance碰巧到来;恰好来了
happen into
[phrasal verb] happen into (a place) US
: to enter (a place) by chance碰巧进入
happen on/upon
[phrasal verb] happen on/upon (someone or something) literary + old-fashioned
: to find or meet (someone or something) by chance偶然遇见;偶然发现
happen to
[phrasal verb] happen to (someone or something)
: to affect or involve (someone or something) as the result of an event or action发生在…身上;降临到…头上 especially : to affect (someone or something) in a bad or harmful way(尤指坏事)发生在…身上