happen to sb/sth
表示某事发生在某人或某物上
What happened to your car?
你的车怎么了?
发生
碰巧;恰好;产生;成为现实;偶然发生;碰巧;偶然遇到;碰见;恰巧
to take place; to occur
发生
To occur or take place.
偶然发生;碰巧
To do or occur by chance or unexpectedly.
偶然遇到;碰见
To encounter by chance.
一般现在时
Accidents often happen.
事故经常发生。
一般过去时
It happened yesterday.
它昨天发生了。
现在进行时
What is happening now?
现在正在发生什么?
规则动词,变化只需加-ed/-ing/-s
A strange thing happened on my way to work this morning.
今天早上我上班的路上发生了一件奇怪的事。
用法提示:happen 作不及物动词,表示“发生”,这里用过去式 happened 叙述已发生的事。
What is happening outside? I can hear people shouting.
外面正在发生什么?我能听到人们在喊叫。
用法提示:这里用现在进行时 is happening,表示“正在发生”的持续动作。
Good things happen when you work hard and stay positive.
当你努力工作并保持乐观时,好事就会发生。
用法提示:happen 在一般现在时中作谓语,说明一种普遍情况。
表示某事发生在某人或某物上
What happened to your car?
你的车怎么了?
用于描述发生的时间、地点或方式
The accident happened yesterday.
事故发生在昨天。
表示偶然或碰巧做某事
I happened to see her on the bus.
我碰巧在公交车上看见了她。
用it作形式主语,表达偶然情况
It happened that we were both in Paris at the same time.
碰巧我们俩同时都在巴黎。
最为常见的同义词,可互换,但occur稍正式。
强调按计划或安排发生,常用于事件。
较口语化,强调事情如何发生或出现。
较正式,尤指秘密或未知事件发生。
书面语,常指不好的事情发生,主语多为事件。
grammar · medium
易错句子The accident was happened yesterday.
正确表达The accident happened yesterday.
动词 'happen' 是不及物动词,不能用于被动语态。应使用主动语态。
grammar · medium
易错句子What happened with him?
正确表达What happened to him?
表示某人发生了什么事,应用介词 'to',而不是 'with'。'happen' 后接 'to' 表示发生在某人身上。
occur 更正式,常用于指事件、事故等,而 happen 更通用
take place 常指有计划或安排的事件,而 happen 可指意外
发生在(某人/某物)身上
A strange thing happened to me yesterday.
昨天一件奇怪的事情发生在我身上。
发生在(某人/某物)身上
What happened with your car?
你的车怎么了?
偶然发生
We met by chance, but it felt like fate.
我们偶然相遇,但感觉像是命运。
再次发生
I hope this mistake doesn't happen again.
我希望这个错误不会再发生。
意外发生
The storm happened unexpectedly, causing damage.
暴风雨意外发生,造成了破坏。
自然发生
Good things happen naturally when you work hard.
当你努力工作时,好事自然会发生。
happen常与事故搭配,如“An accident happened.”
happen描述事件的发生,如“The event happened last week.”
happen可用于情况变化,如“A strange situation happened.”
happen常与时间状语连用,如“It happened at midnight.”
happen常与地点状语连用,如“The incident happened on the street.”
碰巧,恰好
I happened to see him at the store.
我碰巧在商店里看见了他。
偶然发现,碰巧遇到
She happened upon an old photograph in the attic.
她在阁楼上偶然发现了一张旧照片。
碰巧,说来也巧
As it happens, I have the book you need.
碰巧,我有你需要的那本书。
糟糕的事总会发生。
He lost his job again. Shit happens.
他又失业了。糟糕的事总会发生。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.