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| | to take place , usually without being planned （通常指意外）发生 | The accident happened at 4.30 pm yesterday. 事故发生在昨天下午4点30分。 | | He seemed to be unaware of what was happening around him. 他似乎不知道周围正在发生的事情。 | | What happens if I press this button? 如果按了这个按钮会怎样？ | | see what happens Let’ s just wait and see what happens. 让我们等一等，看看会发生什么事。 | |
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| - | as it happens/it (just so) happens that spoken
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| used for saying that something is true , although it is surprising |
| 碰巧；恰巧 |
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| As it happens, I’ ve got a bike I can lend you. 我碰巧有一辆自行车，可以借给你。 |
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| - | happen to do sth
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| 1 | to do something by chance 碰巧做某事；恰好做某事 | I happened to meet an old friend in town. 我在城里碰巧遇到一位老朋友。 | |
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| 2 | spoken used for asking something politely （用于客气地询问某事） | Do you happen to have a pen I can borrow? 你有没有钢笔能借我用一下？ | |
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| 3 | spoken used for expressing an opinion firmly, because you are angry （用于因生气表达某种强硬的观点时） | I happen to live here too – don’ t leave your rubbish everywhere! 我碰巧也住在这儿，请别乱扔垃圾！ | |
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| - | these things happen
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| used for telling someone not to be upset about something unpleasant that has happened or something bad they have done |
| 这种事在所难免 |
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| - | whatever happens
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| used for saying that nothing will change a situation or fact |
| 不管发生什么情况 |
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| Whatever happens tomorrow, this experience has been worth the effort. 不管明天发生什么事，这次经历都是值得的。 |
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| Words frequently used with happen | | happen 的常见搭配词 | | nouns | accident, crash, disaster, event, incident, miracle, tragedy, | 1 | | | |
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| - | ˈhappen aˌlong or ˈhappen ˌby |
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| | to come to a particular place without planning to 碰巧来到 |
| - | ˈhappen ˌon or ˈhappen uˌpon |
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| | happen on sb/sth: to meet someone or find something without planning to 偶然遇到某人/某物；偶然发现某人/某物 |
| - | ˈhappen ˌto |
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| | happen to sb: if something happens to you , an event or action takes place which affects you （事件）降临到（某人）头上，发生在（某人）身上 | This is the best thing that’ s ever happened to me. 这是我所碰上的最好的事情。 | | | a | happen to sthused for talking about the way something changes or develops （用于谈论某事变化或发展的方式） | | We don’ t understand what is happening to the economy. 我们搞不明白经济是怎么了。 | | |
| | - | if anything happens to sb
| | used as a way of avoiding talking directly about something bad that might take place | | 万一某人发生不测（用于间接表达可能发生的坏事） | | | | I’ d never forgive myself if anything has happened to her because I didn’ t go to meet her. 如果她发生了什么意外的话，我将永远不会原谅自己，因为我没有去接她。 | | If anything happens to me (=if I die) , you’ ll have plenty of money to live on. 万一我有什么不测，你也会有足够的钱继续生活下去。 | | | | - | what (has) happened to sth spoken
| | used for asking where something is | | 某物到哪儿去了 | | | | What’ s happened to the newspaper that was on the table? 刚才在桌上的报纸哪儿去了？ | | | | - | what/whatever happened to sb
| | used for asking where someone is now and what they are doing | | 某人到底去哪儿了；某人到底在做什么 | | | | Whatever happened to your friend George? 你的朋友乔治到底发生了什么事？ | | | | - | what/whatever happened to sth spoken
| | used for asking why something does not happen or exist now | | …到底哪去了；…出了什么事儿 | | | | Whatever happened to the idea of being innocent until proven guilty? “依法判定有罪之前应被视为无罪”的理念到底哪儿去了？ | | | |
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