happen vi. 1.发生,〔口语〕出现。 2.〔后接不定式〕偶然…,碰巧… (to do)。 Do you happen to remember his name 你还记得他的名字吗? If anything should happen to me ... 万一我有不幸…。 It (so) happened that... 偶然,…碰巧。 No matter what [whatever] happens 不管发生什么事,不管出现甚么情况。 as it happens 碰巧 (As it happens, I have left the book at home. 偏巧我把书放在家里了)。 be likely to happen 可能要发生。 happen in 〔美国〕偶然到…(来)。 happen in with 偶然和…碰见。 happen on [upon] 偶然看到[碰到、想到]。 happen what may 无论发生甚么事,不管怎样。
Painting , … was like coal - mining : it was a job which filled the space between cradle and grave , and he happened to do it quite well 画画就好像挖煤一样,它是用来填补生与死之间这段时空的职业,而他碰巧还算干得不错。
Any wretch may enter the house of a black man , and commit any violence he pleases ; if he happens to do it only in the presence of black persons , he goes unwhipt of justice 任何一个坏蛋都可以进入一个黑人的房子随意施暴,如果刚好他施暴时只有黑人在场,那他便可追逐法外。