happen
US
UK happen vi: (occur) (偶然)
SC 发生 fā shēng
TC 發生
TC 發生
A lot of things have happened since last year.
从去年以来发生了很多事情。
happen to [sb] vi + prep: (befall)
SC 发生在...身上
SC 降临在...身上
Getting this job was the best thing that's ever happened to me.
找到这份工作是发生在我身上的最棒的事。
happen to [sb/sth] vi + prep: (become of)
SC …怎么了
What happened to that book I lent you?
我借你的那本书怎么了？
happen to do [sth] v expr: (chance to)
SC 正好做某事, 碰巧做某事
Did you happen to see my keys?
你有没有碰巧看到我的钥匙？
happen by [sth] vtr phrasal insep: (chance upon)
SC 偶然遇到 ǒu rán yù dào
TC 偶然遇到
TC 偶然遇到
Whilst in town, I happened by a photographic store and bought myself a new digicam.
happen on [sth/sb], happen upon [sth/sb] vtr phrasal insep: dated, literary (find, encounter)
SC 偶然发现 ǒu rán fā xiàn
TC 偶然發現
TC 偶然發現
SC 偶然遇到 ǒu rán fā xiàn，ǒu rán yù dào
TC 偶然遇到
TC 偶然遇到
I happened on an interesting article about Cuba in the newspaper.
about to happen adj: (imminent)
SC 即将发生 jí jiāng fā shēng
TC 即將發生
TC 即將發生
You want me to give you money? That's not about to happen.
happen by chance v expr: (be lucky, coincidental)
SC 碰巧发生
TC 碰巧發生
TC 碰巧發生
SC 凑巧发生
We weren't trying to get pregnant; it happened by chance.
happen to be v expr: (be by any chance)
SC 碰巧 pèng qiǎo
SC 恰巧
SC 正巧
Would that happen to be the book I've been searching for?
just so happen to do [sth] v expr: (coincidentally)
SC 碰巧 pèng qiǎo
SC 正好 pèng qiǎo，zhèng hǎo
TC 正好
TC 正好
I called a plumber, who just so happened to be in the area and came immediately to fix my sink.
just so happen, just so happen that v expr: (with clause: coincidentally)
SC 碰巧 pèng qiǎo
SC 恰巧
make it happen v expr: informal (turn into reality) (非正式用语)
SC 使某事成为现实，使之成真 shǐ mǒu shì chéng wéi xiàn shí，shǐ zhī chéng zhēn
I had the original idea, but you made it happen.
make things happen v expr: (have power and influence)
SC 有门道
SC 有门路
I want to become friends with Burt--he's a guy who makes things happen.
so happen, so happen that v expr: (with clause: be the case that)
SC 刚巧
SC 碰巧 pèng qiǎo
It so happened that the house Goldilocks had wandered into belonged to three bears.
will [sth] to happen vtr: (make happen by wishing)
SC 凭意志的力量驱使 píng yì zhì de lì liàng qū shǐ
SC 通过强烈地希望来促成
It doesn't just happen. You need to will it to happen.
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