1HAPPENwhen something happens, there is an event, especially one that is not planned 〔尤指意外地〕发生SYN occur
When did the accident happen?
事故什么时候发生的?
It’s impossible to predict what will happen next.
不可能预测接下来会发生什么。
something/nothing/anything happens
Something terrible has happened.
发生了可怕的事。
She carried on as if nothing had happened.
她继续干,似乎什么都未曾发生。
This was bound to happen sooner or later.
这事注定早晚会发生。
This kind of thing happens all the time.
这种事一直在发生。
We’ll still be friends, whatever happens.
不管发生什么,我们仍然是朋友。
2something/anything/what happens to somebody/somethingif something happens to someone or something, they are affected by an event 某人/某事发生什么事情
He should be here by now – something must have happened to him.
他现在应该到了,一定是发生了什么事。
The same thing happened to me last year.
去年,同样的事在我身上发生了。
What’s happened to your coat? It’s all ripped.
你的外套怎么了?都扯破了。
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something/anything/what happens to somebody/something• Suppose Holt's 6-year-old does opt out of school? What happens to her then?• If anything happens to me, just bury me at WoundedKnee.• We thought of having a party on that day to watchwhat happens to one another.• Actually, no matterwhat happens to the business cycle, people will continue to eat and to get sick.• The power is cut! What happens to the cake?• Tell the students to hold the jars and look at the items through them. What happens to the items?• Do all the fishdie and what happens to the occupants of metal-hulled boats?• What are the determinants of supply? What happens to the supply curve when each of these determinants changes?
3happen to do somethingif you happen to do something, you do it by chance 碰巧[凑巧]做某事
I happened to see James in town.
我碰巧在镇上遇见詹姆斯。
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happen to do something• It happens to all of us.• These bands just happened to be black and popular.• I'm sorry I didn't phone first -- I just happened to be passing and thought I'd drop in.• Justin forgot the map but I happened to have another one in the glovecompartment.• We're not related -- we just happen to have the same name.• What will happen to her during the war?• I'd be arrested, Volkov wouldn't know what had happened to me.• She kneels down and gathers me to her, sobbing and shaking in her terror at what might have happened to me.• I happened to see Hannah at the storetoday.• What happens to the structure of a potato when it is cooked? 2.• Tell me first, what happened to the world when I was in prison.• They don't learn by experience, don't really care what happens to them.
4somebody/something happens to be somethingBEused when telling someone something in an angry way 某人/某物碰巧[凑巧]是…〔表示恼怒〕
This happens to be my house!
这正巧是我家!
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somebody/something happens to be something• Well he happens to be an old flame of Mummy's.• It will move into any refuge that happens to be conveniently available.• Start with any old folder that happens to be on your desktop.• This junkpile just happens to be our epic.• Any animal species that happens to be superficially dull will be ignored, perhaps even maltreated.• Incidentally this also happens to be the most difficult part of the instrument's compass from the point of view of fingering.• Ewing now happens to be the president of the playersunion.
5as it happens/it just so happensUNIMPORTANTused to tell someone something that is surprising, interesting, or useful 碰巧,正巧〔用于告诉某人惊讶、有趣或有用的事〕
As it happens, I know someone who might be able to help.
真巧,我正好认识一个人,这个人也许帮得上忙。
6these things happenused to tell someone not to worry about a mistake they have made, an accident they have caused etc 这种事情难免会发生〔用于告诉某人别因自己犯了错、出了事等而担忧〕
It’s not your fault – these things happen.
这不是你的错,这是在所难免的。
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these things happen• It was a toughloss, but these things happen.• In the event none of these things happened.• Once in a while these things happen and then you can communicatebetter.• But these things happen at Catalina.• When these things happen, deathflashes before our eyes.• Possibly you see a great number of these things happening in your school, or perhaps you see very few.• But if neither of these things happen, Labour will be forced to decide whether it is prepared to raise taxes.• Every now and again you're going to get exceptionalcircumstances and these things happen once in a while.• In the way these things happen, the oppressed are sometimesrevealed to have a hold on the oppressors.
7whatever happened to somebody/sth?used to ask where a person or thing is now 某人/某物哪里去了?
Whatever happened to Steve? I haven’t seen him for years.
史蒂夫哪里去了?我已经好久没见他了。
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whatever happened to somebody/something?• But I sometimeswonder whatever happened to that little Mr Linley.• For them, energy comes in joules, and force in newtons, but whatever happened to ergs and dynes?• Gee, George, whatever happened to letting the people decide?• He believed that Money Advice was here to stay, whatever happened to the economy.• Night-thoughts ... But then whatever happened to Summerchild did happen.• So whatever happened to OpenStandards?
8happen on/upon somebody/somethingphrasal verbphr v literary or old-fashionedFINDto find something or meet someone by chance 偶然发现;偶然遇见SYN come across
I happened on the restaurant by chance.
我偶然发现了这家餐馆。
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happen on/upon • The landing is supposed to have happened onDecember 27,1980.• How often do events of this sort, which leave no enduring geological record, happen onEarth?• The accidenthappened onInterstate 84 in Manchester, about 10 mileseast of Hartford, during evening rush hour.• And what would happen on nanny's nights off?• There's nothing that happens on the estate which I don't know about.• That happened on the first and second of the month.• I want to travel around and talk to people about what is happening on the ground.• When I explained what had happened on the train he shook his head and said one should never trust the Moors.
A dispute arose about who should receive the money.
对于谁该得到这笔钱发生了纠纷。
It is best to deal with the problem as soon as it arises.
最好是问题一出现就解决。
crop up to happen – used about problems or difficult situations, especially ones that are less serious, and can quickly be dealt with 〔尤指不太严重的问题或困境〕突然出现,发生
The banks will contact their customers if a problem crops up.
如有突发问题,银行会与客户联系。
strike to happen suddenly and unexpectedly – used about very bad events 〔不幸事件〕突然[意外地]发生
The hurricane struck at around 1 am.
凌晨1点左右飓风突然来袭。
Disaster struck, and he lost all movement in his legs.
灾难降临,他的双腿完全瘫痪了。
turn out to happen in a particular way 〔以某种方式〕发生,结果是
Luckily, everything turned out well.
所幸结果一切都顺利。
nHow did it all turn out?
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happen• You mustn't go there alone at night. Anything might happen!• He telephoned you just after you'd gone and I told him what had happened.• Instead of standing idly by or opposing change, the union should become actively involved in making change happen.• For some time there had been predictions of a majorearthquake, and then on April 19,1906, it happened.• I want to make things up with her, but I don't think it's going to happen.• Look, when I turn the key, nothing happens.• We'd always feared that this might happen.• Look at what happened at Seattle, and the proposals of groups like Attac and Agir Ici.• The accidenthappened at two o'clock this afternoon.• At ninety-one it was bound to have happened before.• The accident happenedearly on Tuesday morning.• Whatever had happened, the experience had disturbed him.• Before I realised what was happening, the man had grabbed my bag and run off with it.• I couldn't understand what was happening to me and I began to sinkdeeper and deeper into the pit.• The strangest thing happened when I was in Singapore.• But what will happen when the holders of all those assetsoutnumber the buyers?• What's happened? Why are you crying?
whatever happens• We'll be thinking about you, whatever happens.• And whatever happens, after May 3 they're predicting a madscramble for one-way only tickets.• Such an innerobject will always remaininviolate within us, whatever happens in reality.• He doesn't mind leaving his script and reacting to whatever happens on the night.• But whatever happens, the only certainty is that the crags will never change.• But whatever happens, the ward will retain an important place in training.• Anyway, I was brought up to believe that whatever happens to people is their own fault.• And Hannah, whatever happens, will always be one of their own.• But whatever happens, you must get into a good position for the start of the baseleg.