英 / 'h?p?n /
例句如下：
1
when something happens, there is an event, especially one that is not planned 〔尤指意外地〕發生
同義詞： occur
When did the accident happen?
事故什麽時候發生的？
It’s impossible to predict what will happen next.
不可能預測接下來會發生什麽。
She carried on as if nothing had happened.
她繼續幹，似乎什麽都未曾發生。
something/nothing/anything happens
Something terrible has happened.
發生了可怕的事。
2
something/anything/what happens to sb/sth
if something happens to someone or something, they are affected by an event 某人/某事發生什麽事情
He should be here by now – something must have happened to him.
他現在應該到了，壹定是發生了什麽事。
The same thing happened to me last year.
去年，同樣的事在我身上發生了。
What’s happened to your coat? It’s all ripped.
妳的外套怎麽了？都扯破了。
3
happen to do sth
if you happen to do something, you do it by chance 碰巧[湊巧]做某事
I happened to see James in town.
我碰巧在鎮上遇見詹姆斯。