在美國當(dāng)代英語語料庫統(tǒng)計(jì)的20000個(gè)常用詞中，happen位居常用詞第216位，在4.5億個(gè)單詞中出現(xiàn)了182714次。今天就帶大家一起來系統(tǒng)學(xué)習(xí)happen的用法。

詞形變化：

happens,happened,happened

Happen詞義解析：

1.(of a situation or an event) to have existence or come into existence? 發(fā)生

No one knows exactly what happened .

沒人確切了解發(fā)生了什么事。

Anything could happen in the next day.

接下來的一天內(nèi)什么事都可能會(huì)發(fā)生。

A funny thing happened in the office today.

今天，辦公室里發(fā)生了一件有趣的事。

2. ?If something happens to someone or something, it has an effect on him, her, or it.發(fā)生在（某人）身上；作用于…

I don't know what I'd do if anything happened to him (= if he was hurt, became ill, or died).

我不知道一旦他出了事我該怎么辦。

What happened to your shirt? There's a big rip in the sleeve.

你的襯衫怎么了？袖子上撕了一條大口子。

3. ?to do or be by chance 偶然，碰巧

They happened to look (= looked by chance) in the right place almost immediately.

他們碰巧幾乎一下就找對了地方。

Fortunately it happened (that) there was no one in the house at the time of the explosion.

幸運(yùn)的是，爆炸發(fā)生時(shí)，屋子里沒有人。

It just so happens that I have her phone number right here.

非常湊巧，我正好有她的電話號碼。

She happens to like owl?(= she likes owl, although that is surprising).

她恰恰喜歡貓頭鷹。

4. perhaps可能；我估計(jì)

Happen it'll rain later on.

過一會(huì)兒可能會(huì)下雨。

詞組搭配：

on/upon sth/sb

to find or meet something or someone by chance 偶然發(fā)現(xiàn)；偶然遇到

Eventually they happened on a road leading across the desert.

最后，他們偶然找到了一條穿越沙漠的路。

along/by (somewhere)

to go to a place by chance or without planning to 碰巧來到

I'd have drowned if he hadn't happened along and pulled me out of the river.

要不是他碰巧走過，把我從河里拉上來，我可能已經(jīng)淹死了。

to sb

發(fā)生在（某人）身上；作用于…

What happened to you? You look so sad.

發(fā)生什么事了？你看起來好難過。

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