happen
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbspresent simple I / you / we / they happen | |
he / she / it happens | |
past simple happened | |
past participle happened | |
-ing form happening |
- [intransitive]
to take place, especially without being planned (尤指偶然)發生,出現 You'll never guess what's happened! 你根本猜不到出了什麽事! Accidents like this happen all the time. 此類事故經常發生。 The most recent incident happened only a week ago. 最近的一次事件發生在一周前。 The government has denied that the events ever happened. 政府否認這些事件曾經發生過。 Change doesn't happen overnight. 變革不會在一夜之間發生。 You have to make things happen. 你必須讓事情發生。 Let's see what happens next week. 咱們等着瞧下一周會怎麽樣。 I'll be there whatever happens. 不管發生什麽事我都會到那兒的。 No matter what happens, he's going to pay for what he's done. 不管發生什麽,他都會爲自己的所作所爲付出代價。 Is this really happening or is it a dream? 這是真的還是做夢? This would never happen in real life. 這在現實生活中是絕對不會發生的。 I don't know how this happened. 我不知道這事怎麽發生的。 I try to keep up with what is happening in the world. 我努力跟上世界上正在發生的事情。
Extra ExamplesI don't remember learning to swim, it just happened. 我不記得學過遊泳,反正就那麽會了。 Mistakes are bound to happen sometimes. 錯誤有時會不可避免地發生。 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。 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。 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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- actually
- really
- just
- …
- be going to
- be likely to
- be bound to
- …
- to
- [intransitive]
to take place as the result of something (作爲結果)出現,發生 She pressed the button but nothing happened. 她按下按鈕,但什麽反應也沒有。 What happens if nobody comes to the party? 要是沒有人來參加聚會,會怎麽樣呢? Just plug it in and see what happens. 就把插頭插上,看看會怎麽樣。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- actually
- really
- just
- …
- be going to
- be likely to
- be bound to
- …
- to
- [transitive] happen to be/do something
to do or be something by chance 碰巧;恰好 - [transitive] happen to be/do something
used to tell somebody something, especially when you are disagreeing with them or annoyed by what they have said Topics Opinion and argumentc2(向對方表示異議或不悅等)
Word Originlate Middle English (superseding the verb hap): from the noun hap ‘chance’ + -en.
Idioms
an accident/a disaster waiting to happen
a thing or person that is very likely to cause danger or a problem in the future because of the condition it is in or the way they behave 隐患 Any one of these nuclear plants may be a disaster waiting to happen. 這些核電廠中的任何一個都可能會成爲災難隐患。
accidents will happen
people say accidents will happen to tell somebody who has had an accident, for example breaking something, that it does not matter and they should not worry 出事是難免的
anything can/might happen
used to say that it is not possible to know what the result of something will be 什麽事都可能發生;結果難以預料
as it happens/happened
in the event of something | in the event that something happens
it (just) so happens that…
shit happens
- (taboo, slang)
used to express the idea that we must accept that bad things often happen without reason 天有不測風雲;壞事難免會發生
these things happen