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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
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发生
to take place; to occur
What happened to your car?
你的车怎么了？
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.
happen
Base
原形
happens
3rd person
第三人称单数
happening
-ing
现在分词
happened
Past
过去式
happened
Past participle
过去分词
Accidents often happen.
事故经常发生。
It happened yesterday.
它昨天发生了。
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。
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。
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。
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。
Not this
The accident was happened yesterday.
Use this
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。
Not this
What happened with him?
Use this
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。
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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。
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。
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happen 音似 '哈盆'，联想一个盆子突然发生掉落。
happen 为 A1 级常用动词，语域中性，适用于几乎所有日常及正式场合，表示‘发生’或‘碰巧’。通常无需特别区分语域。
happen是不及物动词，不能直接接宾语。常用结构：sth happen(s); happen to do; happen to sb.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.