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
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  1. VERB （偶然）发生，出现
    Something that happens occurs 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。
  2. VERB （作为结果）发生，产生
    If something happens, 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。
  3. 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 to you, 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。
  4. VERB 碰巧;凑巧
    If you happen to do something, you do it by chance. If it happens that something 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。
  5. PHRASE 碰巧，恰恰（尤引出令人意外的事）
    You use as it happens in 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。
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双语例句

  1. It was just one of those things that happens after a few bevvies.
    那不过是喝了几杯之后会发生的事情。
  2. If this happens it will change the face of religious broadcasting.
    如果此事发生，将改变宗教广播的面貌。
  3. What happens when the two interests collide will make a fascinating spectacle.
    两种利益发生冲突时将会上演一场好戏。
  4. When something happens anywhere in the world, NPR digs up an expert from someplace or other
    世界上任何一个角落一有新闻发生，全国公共广播电台就会不知从什么地方挖个专家出来。
  5. We didn't 'fix' anything. It'll be seen as it happens
    我们没做任何手脚，该什么样就会什么样。
  6. 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。
  7. 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。
  8. 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。
  9. The overarching question seems to be what happens when the US pulls out?
    首要的问题看来在于美国撤军后事态将会如何。
  10. There is a reason for every important thing that happens
    每件重要事情的发生都有原因。
  11. He happens to own half the land round here
    他恰好拥有这里一半的土地。
  12. They're going to be famous, but unless something happens, they're going to self-destruct
    他们将会出名，但如果照现在这样发展下去，他们会自毁前程。
  13. What exactly happens when we sneeze?
    我们打喷嚏究竟是怎么回事？
  14. What happens when food and gasoline supplies run low?
    如果食物和汽油供应减少，会出现什么情况呢？
  15. I will go on loving James through thick and thin no matter what happens.
    不管发生什么，不管经历多少艰辛，我都会一直爱着詹姆斯。
  16. Why not throw it all in the pot and see what happens?
    为什么不把它全扔进罐子，看看会发生什么变化？
  17. As so often happens, this little story has a twist in the tail.
    正如经常发生的那样，这个小故事在结尾处出现了转折。
  18. We'll have to wait and see what happens.
    我们只好等等看将会发生什么。
  19. 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。
  20. We shall love you whatever happens, Diana
    戴安娜，不管发生什么，我们都爱你。
  21. 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。
  22. If anything happens to him, let me know at once.
    如果他出了什么事，请立刻通知我。
  23. Every thing that happens has a cause and effect.
    事情发生了，就会有它的前因后果。
  24. Everything that happens has a cause and an effect.
    一切事情的发生均有其因果。
  25. 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。
  26. As it happens, they are here.
    恰好他们在这儿。
  27. We must fulfill the plan, whatever happens.
    无论如何要完成计划。
  28. Today happens to be mother's birthday.
    今天正赶上是母亲的生日。
  29. Whatever happens, never take an overdose of this medicine.
    这种药千万不能服过量。
  30. When this happens, they will tear up the contract.
    如果这事发生，他们将会违约。
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