happened
past simple and past participle ofhappen
| 单词 | happened |
| 释义 | happened past simple and past participle ofhappen happen verb[I] uk/ˈhæp.ən/us/ˈhæp.ən/happenverb[I](HAVE EXISTENCE)A2 (of asituationor anevent) to haveexistenceor come intoexistence: No oneknowsexactlywhat happened but severalpeoplehave beenhurt. Anything could happen in the nexthalfhour. Afunnything happened in theofficetoday. I don'twanttothinkabout what might have happened if he'd beendrivinganyfaster. happen tosomeone A2 If something happens to someone or something, it has aneffecton him, her, or it: I don'tknowwhat I'd do if anything happened to him(= if he washurt,becameill, ordied). What happened toyourjacket? There's abigripin thesleeve. What's happened to mypen?(= Where is it?)I put it down there a fewmomentsago.
Occurring and happening
happenverb[I](CHANCE)C1 to do or be bychance: [+ to infinitive]They happenedtolook(=lookedbychance)in therightplacealmostimmediately. [+ (that)]Fortunatelyithappened(that)there was no one in thehouseat thetimeof theexplosion. [+ that]Itjust sohappensthatI have herphonenumberrighthere. She happenstolikecleaning(= shelikescleaning,althoughthat issurprising). I happentothinkhe'sright(= I dothinkso,althoughyou do not). As ithappened(=althoughit was notplanned), I had a fewminutestospare.
Chance and randomness
GrammarHappen Happen means ‘occur’ and most commonly ‘occur by chance’:…Phrasal verbshappen along/by(somewhere) happen on/uponsomething/someone Examplesofhappenedhappened In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Yet, as stated above, its discoveryhappenedat a time when it was still not visible. From theCambridge English Corpus Little thathappenedthere found its way into classical texts, their epigraphy is typically meager, and so they are known above all by archaeology. From theCambridge English Corpus Further information was also given relating to age at first experience, whether the experience was wanted or unwanted, and whether the experience hadhappenedrepeatedly. From theCambridge English Corpus Eight women (20 %) in this group thought it unlikely that their pregnancies would be discovered, but didn't mind if thishappened. From theCambridge English Corpus But what hashappenedwith this aesthetic, ecological concern is that it has been elevated to the status of a moral absolute. From theCambridge English Corpus This has served as a benchmark for whathappenedwhen the challenge of dementia care arose. From theCambridge English Corpus Ithappenedmainly in clarification exchanges (when users sometimes formulated their queries more than once). From theCambridge English Corpus Thishappenedas a consequence of parasites adapting to hosts from different geographical regions and under variable environmental conditions. From theCambridge English Corpus There seems to be no settled agreement about whathappened, let alone why it matters. From theCambridge English Corpus This alsohappenedin the late 1970s when construction of the natural gas network was delegated to the state-owned oil and gas utility. From theCambridge English Corpus This hadhappenedby the time of the appearance of two-word utterances, and priority was then given to noting down new utterances. From theCambridge English Corpus This might havehappenedrepeatedly in the millennia that followed. From theCambridge English Corpus How frequently thishappenedand what degree of complexity resulted depended upon the composition of the offspring groups and the workings of mortality. From theCambridge English Corpus Eventually, the opponents had to capitulate in all three countries, but the manner in which thishappenedwas not the same. From theCambridge English Corpus The sentiment, the meaning, the lyrics, the rhythm, justhappened. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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