happen经典引文

1. 也许，可能

1. 发生
2. 碰巧，恰好，偶然出现，偶然发生，偶然发现
3. 降临
4. 遭到，遇到
5. 偶遇
6. 极其兴奋，非常有趣

1. come to pass;

   "What is happening?"
   "The meeting took place off without an incidence"
   "Nothing occurred that seemed important"
   

2. happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance;

   "It happens that today is my birthday"
   "These things befell"
   

3. chance to be or do something, without intention or causation;

   "I happen to have just what you need!"
   

4. come into being; become reality;

   "Her dream really materialized"
   

5. come upon, as if by accident; meet with;

   "We find this idea in Plato"
   "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"
   "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day"
   

1. 碰巧：forget忘记 |happen碰巧 | hate憎恨,厌恶

2.

2. (偶然)发生：handy 便利的,顺手的 |happen (偶然)发生 | ▲happiness 幸福,愉快

3. 强调偶然性：come about发生; (风等)改变方向; 转帆, 转航向 |happen强调偶然性 | take place强调必然性或按计划而发生

1. It happened under my eyes.
   我亲眼看见这事发生的。
2. How did this happen?
   这事是怎么发生的?
3. The accident happened at three o'clock.
   事故是3点钟发生的。
4. A crowd soon collected at the crossroad to see what had happened.
   十字路口上很快就聚集了一群人,都想看看出了什么事。
5. Who can foretell what will happen to the world in 1000 year's time?
   谁能预言1000年后这个世界将会发生什么事?
6. A near-total news blockout kept the outside world guessing as to what was really happening at the summit.
   由于对会议实行了全面新闻封锁,外界人士对首脑会议只能进行猜测。
7. It's impossible to anticipate when it will happen.
   要预料何时会发生是不可能的。
8. She exclaimed that she would not allow that to happen.
   她大声说她不允许那件事发生。
9. Try to describe exactly what happened before the accident.
   设法描绘一下就在事故发生前的确切情景。

1. If you happened to be in town, would you ask about it?
   你要是有机会进城,可不可以问问这件事?
2. You happened to be out when I came to your house.
   我到你家时,你正好出去了。
3. He happened to be going that way too.
   他恰好也正往那边走。
4. She happened to have just finished reading the book.
   碰巧她刚读完那本书。
5. Do you happen to know her telephone number?
   你知道她的电话号码吗?
6. If you happen to see Miss Yang, please tell her to come to my office after supper.
   要是你碰见杨小姐,请告诉她晚饭后到我办公室来。
7. There happened to be a severe drought that year.
   那年适逢严重旱灾。

1. It happens that his elder sister is a close friend of mine.
   恰好他姐姐是我的一个好朋友。
2. It happened that the harvest was bad that year.
   恰好那年收成不好。
3. It so happened that I had no money with me.
   碰巧我身上没带钱。
4. It so happened that he had to be present at a meeting.
   他碰巧得去参加一个会议。

• If anything happens to me, recollect that death is a debt we must all pay.

  出自：H. Nelson

• No harm shall happen you.

  出自：E. S. Barrett

• When we crossed into Gael, an interesting thing happened.

  出自：G. Vidal

• I'm not someone who makes miracles happen.

  出自：P. Roth

1. happen是不及物动词,作“发生”解时,可指偶然的事故,也可指有计划或无计划发生的事。一般以事件、环境、形势等作主语,表示“某人发生某事”时,须以介词to 引出“某人”。作“碰巧”解时,其后须接动词不定式构成复合谓语,可由人称代词或无人称代词it作主语。与if连用则可使语气委婉。
2. happen也可如be般用于存在句中,其时态须与其后的主语保持一致。
3. happen是瞬间动词,不能与表示一段时间的状语连用,也不能用于进行体。