hap‧pen v / 'hæpən ; ˋhæpən / 英 / 'hæpən /例句如下:1when something happens, there is an event, especially one that is not planned 〔尤指意外地〕发生同义词: occurWhen did the accident happen?事故什么时候发生的?It’s impossible to predict what will happen next.不可能预测接下来会发生什么。She carried on as if nothing had happened.她继续干,似乎什么都未曾发生。something/nothing/anything happensSomething terrible has happened.发生了可怕的事。2something/anything/what happens to sb/sthif something happens to someone or something, they are affected by an event 某人/某事发生什么事情He should be here by now – something must have happened to him.他现在应该到了,一定是发生了什么事。The same thing happened to me last year.去年,同样的事在我身上发生了。What’s happened to your coat? It’s all ripped.你的外套怎么了?都扯破了。3happen to do sthif you happen to do something, you do it by chance 碰巧[凑巧]做某事I happened to see James in town.我碰巧在镇上遇见詹姆斯。