happen
/ˈhæpən/
v.
一句话记住
发生；出现；碰巧；恰好
释义与例句
v.
发生；出现
to take place, especially without being planned
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The accident happened just outside the school gates.
事故就发生在学校大门外。
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Nobody can predict exactly what will happen next.
没有人能准确预测接下来会发生什么。
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The same thing happened again after the system was updated.
系统更新后，同样的事情又发生了。
v.
碰巧；恰好
to do or be something by chance
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I happened to meet an old friend at the airport.
我碰巧在机场遇见了一位老朋友。
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She happened to be working in the library when I called.
我打电话时，她恰好在图书馆工作。
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Do you happen to know when the museum closes?
你恰好知道博物馆什么时候关门吗？
词源与构词
记忆钩子
happen to sb 表示“发生在某人身上”；happen to do sth 表示“碰巧做某事”。
词族与关联词
词族（同一词根派生出的不同词性或形式）
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happening 事件；发生的事作可数名词时指发生的事情，常见于新闻报道或较正式语境。
同义词
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occur 发生；出现happen 是日常用语，可指计划内或意外事件；occur 较正式，常描述现象、事件或变化发生，不能用于 happen to do 所表示的“碰巧做”。The highest rainfall occurs during the summer months. 最大降雨量出现在夏季。
常见搭配
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happen to do 碰巧做We happened to discover a small café near the hotel. 我们碰巧在酒店附近发现了一家小咖啡馆。
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what happened 发生了什么She explained what happened before the lights went out. 她说明了灯熄灭之前发生了什么。
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happen to somebody 发生在某人身上I hope nothing bad has happened to them. 我希望他们没有遭遇什么不好的事。