| 词组 | happen |
| 释义 | happen When something happens, it takes place without being planned. Then a strange thing happened. ...a court of inquiry into what happened. Happen does not have a passive form. You do not say, for example, that something 'was happened'. ◊ 'take place', 'occur' Happen is usually used after vague words like 'something', 'thing', 'what', or 'this'. After words with a more precise meaning, you usually use take place or occur. The incident had taken place many years ago. Mrs Weaver had been in the milking shed when the explosion occurred. You do not say that a planned event 'happens'. You say that it takes place. The first meeting of the committee took place on 9 January. The election took place in June. ◊ 'happen to' When something happens to someone or something, it takes place and affects them. I wonder what's happened to Jeremy? I'm sure something has happened to Molly. If anything happens to the car, you'll have to pay for it. Note that in sentences like these you do not use any preposition except 'to' after happen. You use happen in front of a 'to'-infinitive to indicate that something happens or is the case by chance. For example, instead of saying 'The two people he wanted to speak to lived in the same street', you can say 'The two people he wanted to speak to happened to live in the same street'. He happened to be at their base when the alert began. If you happen to see Jane, ask her to phone me. You often use happen to be in sentences beginning with 'there'. For example, instead of saying 'A post office happened to be in the next street', you say 'There happened to be a post office in the next street'. There happened to be a policeman on the corner, so I asked him the way. Note that in sentences like these you must use 'there'. You do not say, for example, 'Happened to be a post office in the next street'. |
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