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BNC: 275 COCA: 216

happen

happen /ˈhæpən/ verb
happens; happened; happening
happen
/ˈhæpən/
verb
happens; happened; happening
Learner's definition of HAPPEN
[no object]
: to take place especially without being planned : occur(尤指偶然地)发生
not used in progressive tenses
: to do or be something by chance碰巧;恰好followed by to + verb接动词不定式
used with it to describe something that occurs by chance与it连用,表示某事碰巧发生
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
BNC: 275 COCA: 216

happen

verb

hap·​pen ˈha-pən How to pronounce happen (audio)
-pᵊm
happened; happening ˈhap-niŋ How to pronounce happen (audio)
ˈha-pə-

intransitive verb

1
: to occur by chance
often used with it
it so happens I'm going your way
2
: to come into being or occur as an event, process, or result
mistakes will happen
3
: to do, encounter, or attain something by or as if by chance
I happen to know the answer
4
a
: to meet or discover something by chance
happened upon a system that worked Richard Corbin
b
: to come or go casually : make a chance appearance
he might happen by at any time
5
: to come especially by way of injury or harm
I promise nothing will happen to you

Example Sentences

Something like that was bound to happen sooner or later. You never know what's going to happen when they get together. What happened at school today? “What's happening?” “They're installing new equipment.”
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Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from hap

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of happen was in the 14th century
BNC: 275 COCA: 216
happen

verb

ADVERB | VERB + HAPPEN | PREPOSITION ADVERBactually, really確實發生She couldn't quite believe that all this was actually happening to her.她簡直無法相信這一切居然真的發生在自己身上。just就那麼發生I don't remember learning to swim, it just happened.我不記得學過游泳,反正就那麼會了。never從未發生spontaneously自然發生Sometimes fun activities just happen spontaneously; at other times they take careful planning.有時候好玩的活動自然就來了,有時候卻需要精心籌劃。overnight, quickly突然/很快發生Change doesn't happen overnight.變革不會在一夜之間發生。again再次發生VERB + HAPPENbe going to將要發生They could only wait and see what was going to happen.他們只能靜觀事態的發展。be likely to很可能發生be bound to必然要發生Mistakes are bound to happen sometimes.錯誤有時會不可避免地發生。tend to往往會發生What tends to happen is that students spend the first week of the course in a blind panic, but settle down by the second or third week.學習這門課程的學生經常出現這樣的情形:第一個星期裏會莫名地驚慌失措,但第二三個星期就會平靜下來了。want sth to希望⋯發生make sth促使⋯發生You have to make things happen if you want them to happen.如果你希望某事發生,就必須創造條件使其發生。let sth任憑⋯發生Don't just sit back and let it happen.不要坐視不理,聽之任之。PREPOSITIONto發生在⋯身上She didn't know what was happening to her.她不知道自己遇上了什麼事。

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