单词详解

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A. 发生 （ happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance）

The accident happened under my eyes. 车祸就发生在我眼皮底下。

B. 产生结果，发生作用（come into being; become reality）

The driver pressed hard on the brake but nothing happened.

司机使劲往下踩刹车，但没有发生作用。

C. 碰巧，恰巧（come upon, as if by accident）

It happens that I am a teacher of English. 恰好我是个英语教师。

 

相关词组

1. happen on/upon 偶然发现；巧遇

  He happened on the book in a secondhand bookstore.

  他在旧书店里偶然发现了这本书。

2. happen to sb. 发生到某人身上

People can't believe that this should happen to him!

人们不能相信这样的事情会发生在他身上！

3. happen to do sth. 碰巧做某事

They may happen to do something useful.

他们可能恰好做了某件有用的事情。

4. happen to be 碰巧是；恰巧是

Does he happen to be busy this afternoon? 他今天下午很忙吗？

5. as it happens 碰巧；偶然发生

As it happens, I have left the book in my office. 碰巧我把书放在办公室里了。

6. happen to coincide 不约而同；不谋而合

I have left the book at home happen to coincide. 太巧了我把书忘在家里了。

7. It happened that + clause. （有时、往往）会发生，碰巧，恰巧　　

   It happened that he was not there that day. 偏巧那天他不在。

相关单词

现在分词：happening

过去式：happened

过去分词：happened

第三人称单数：happens

同义词：occur, chance, become

 

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词语辨析：happen, occur, chance, take place

 

happen, occur, chance, take place

这些词语都可表示“发生”之意。

happen: 普通用词，泛指一切客观事物或情况的发生，强调动作的偶然性。

occur: 较正式用词，可指意外地发生，也可指意料中的发生。

chance: 侧重事前无安排或无准备而发生的事，特指巧合。

take place: 多指通过人为安排的发生。

 

词语详解

1. happen: 普通用词，泛指一切客观事物或情况的发生，强调动作的偶然性。

But it did happen to all of us. 但是这确实发生在我们每个人身上。

2. occur: 较正式用词，可指意外地发生，也可指意料中的发生。

Where did earthquakes occur yesterday night? 地震昨晚发生在哪里？

3. chance : 侧重事前无安排或无准备而发生的事，特指巧合。

She would do it if she had the chance. 如果她有机会的话，她也会那么做。

4. take place : 多指通过人为安排的发生。

Where did the accident take place? 事故是在什么地方发生的？