happen['hæpən]

• vi.
  • 引起，发生:

    Accidents will happen.

    很有可能会发生意外。

    to happen what may

    无论发生什么情况

  • 降临(到某人身上)(常与to连用):

    Please give it to my wife if anything should happen to me.

    万一我遇到不幸，请把这个交给我妻子。

  • 碰巧；恰好:

    Do you happen to remember his car number?

    你还记得他的车牌号码吗?

    It so happens that I'm free today.

    真是巧极了，正好我今天有空。

  • 偶然遇见；偶然发现(常与on或upon连用):

    He happened on a clue to the mystery.

    他偶然发现了那秘密的线索。

  • [主美国英语]偶然出现；碰巧来(或去):

    My friends happened along at that time.

    那时我的几个朋友碰巧来了。

    I bought today's newspaper for you as I happened past the post office.

    我刚巧路过邮局，就给你买了今天的报纸。

  • [俚语]极其兴奋，非常有趣
• adv.
  • [方言]偶然，碰巧
• 近义词:

  chance.occur.transpire

• 短语:
  • as it happens 碰巧；偶然
  • happen in with 偶然遇到
  • happen what may (或will) 不管怎样，不管发生什么情况
  • It (so) happens that 碰巧，恰巧