happens

英 [ˈhæpənz]

美 [ˈhæpənz]

v.  (尤指偶然)发生，出现; (作为结果)出现，发生; 碰巧; 恰好
happen的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB （偶然）发生，出现
  Something thathappensoccurs or is done without being planned.
  1. We cannot say for sure what will happen...
     我们无法确定会发生什么事。
  2. The accident happened close to Martha's Vineyard.
     事故发生在玛莎葡萄园附近。
• VERB （作为结果）发生，产生
  If somethinghappens, it occurs as a result of a situation or course of action.
  1. She wondered what would happen if her parents found her...
     她不知道如果父母找到自己会有什么结果。
  2. He trotted to the truck and switched on the ignition. Nothing happened.
     他匆匆走向卡车并转动点火开关，结果没有任何反应。
• VERB （尤指不愉快的事）发生（在…身上）;(某人)遭到;遇到
  When something, especially something unpleasant,happens toyou, it takes place and affects you.
  1. If we had been spotted at that point, I don't know what would have happened to us...
     如果当时我们被发现了，我不知道会有什么后果。
  2. It's the best thing that ever happened to me.
     这是我所遇到的最好的事情了。
• VERB 碰巧;凑巧
  If youhappen todo something, you do it by chance. Ifit happens thatsomething is the case, it occurs by chance.
  1. We happened to discover we had a friend in common...
     我们凑巧发现我们有一个共同的朋友。
  2. I looked in the nearest paper, which happened to be the Daily Mail...
     我仔细看了一下离自己最近的那份报纸，正巧是份《每日邮报》。
  3. If it happens that I'm wanted badly somewhere, my mother will take the call and phone through to me here.
     如果凑巧有人着急找我，我母亲会接电话，然后再打电话到这里转告我。
• PHRASE 碰巧，恰恰（尤引出令人意外的事）
  You useas it happensin order to introduce a statement, especially one that is rather surprising.
  1. She called Amy to see if she had any idea of her son's whereabouts. As it happened, Amy had.
     她打电话给埃米，看她是否知道自己儿子的行踪。埃米还真就知道。

双语例句

• European music happens to use a scale of eight notes, hence the use of the term octave
  欧洲音乐凑巧采用了八音音阶，“八度”一词就由此而来。
• If something awful happens to you at least you can write about it.
  如果你遭遇了不幸，至少你有东西可写。
• Why don't we just wait a little while and see what happens
  为什么不再等一下看看事态的发展。
• This happens whether the children are in two-parent or one-parent families
  不管孩子是生活在双亲还是单亲家庭，这种情况都会发生。
• He happens to own half the land round here
  他恰好拥有这里一半的土地。
• We'll have to wait and see what happens.
  我们只好等等看将会发生什么。
• When you're older I think you're better equipped mentally to cope with whatever happens
  你年龄再大一些后，我想你就会有更强的心理承受能力来面对所发生的任何事。
• It often happens that little beginnings have great endings.
  微不足道的开端往往会有伟大的结果。
• If anything happens to him, let me know at once.
  如果他出了什么事，请立刻通知我。
• Whatever happens, never take an overdose of this medicine.
  这种药千万不能服过量。