come about

英 [kʌm əˈbaʊt]

美 [kʌm əˈbaʊt]

产生; 发生

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 产生;发生
  When you say how or when somethingcame about, you say how or when it happened.
  1. Any possible solution to the Irish question can only come about through dialogue...
     任何解决爱尔兰问题的可行方案只能通过对话产生。
  2. That came about when we went to Glastonbury last year...
     那是我们去年去格拉斯顿伯里的时候发生的事。
  3. Thus it came about that, after many years as an interior designer and antiques dealer, he combined both businesses.
     这样，在从事多年的室内设计和古董经营后，他把二者结合了起来。

英英释义

verb

• come to pass
  1. What is happening?
  2. The meeting took place off without an incidence
  3. Nothing occurred that seemed important
  Synonym:happenhapgo onpass offoccurpassfall outtake place

双语例句

• I don't know how this confusion has come about.
  我不知道这种混淆是怎么形成的。
• A great change in the peasants thinking has come about.
  农民的思想发生了很大变化。
• Thus it came about that, after many years as an interior designer and antiques dealer, he combined both businesses.
  这样，在从事多年的室内设计和古董经营后，他把二者结合了起来。
• So you didn't come about the Jews at all.
  你不是为了犹太人而来。
• Come about 4 o'clock. We'll have cocktails and grill steaks.
  请四点钟左右来，我们喝鸡尾酒，吃烤牛排。
• How did this juxtaposition come about?
  这一切是如何发生的呢？
• But when and how that might come about is something I just can't answer right now.
  至于何时以及如何能够实现，我目前还不能回答这个问题。
• How did the differences between British English and American English come about?
  英国英语和美国英语之间的不同是怎样形成的？
• How does it come about that he is always so busy?
  怎么搞的他总是那么忙？
• You will recall that I sent you a warning of troubled times. Well now, almost everything I forecast has come about.
  你还记得我警告过你时局会出现动荡吧。现在看来，几乎我预测的每件事都发生了。