不及物動詞：發生、偶然、碰巧
常見搭配詞：
- (something) happen to somebody
某人發生(某事)…
例句：What happened to you?
你怎麼了？ - It happened (that) SV
某事碰巧/剛好發生
例句：Fortunately it happened (that) there was no one in the house when it was on fire.
幸運的是，起火時房子裡沒有人。 - as it happen
碰巧的是(某事碰巧發生或剛好發生)
例句：As it happened, I ran into my old friend at the store today.
碰巧的是，今天我在商店遇到了我的老朋友。 - happen again
再次發生
例句：Don’t let it happen again.
不要讓它再次發生。 - (something)happen overnight
一夜之間發生
例句：Success doesn’t happen overnight.
成功不是一夜之間的事情。 - happen to know something / somebody / that SV
碰巧知道…
例句：I happen to know that he’s coming.
我碰巧知道他要來。 - happen to see something / somebody
碰巧看到…
例句：I happened to see her in the market.
我碰巧在市場看到她。 - (things) happen at the same time
同時發生
例句：The two events happened at the same time.
兩個事件同時發生。 - happen to think that SV
碰巧認為(真的認為，儘管有人的意見不同)…
例句：I happen to think that’s a good idea.
我真的覺得那是個好主意(儘管有人認為不是)。 - happen to like doing something
剛好喜歡做…(雖然令人意外)
例句：I happen to like painting the house myself.
我碰巧喜歡自己粉刷房子。 - happen on/upon something (somebody)
偶然遇到某事 (某人)
例句：He happened upon an old friend while walking in the park.
在公園散步時，他偶然遇到一位老朋友。 - happen along / by (somewhere)
碰巧來到(某個地方)
例句：The child would have fallen if he hadn’t happened along and given him a hand.
如果他沒有及時趕到並扶他一把，那孩子就會摔倒了。
例句：
- What happened to the food in the fridge?
冰箱裡的食物怎麼了？ - It happened that I saw him at the store.
碰巧我在商店遇到了他。 - If you work hard, success will happen.
如果你努力工作，就會成功。 - Accidents can happen at any time, so always be careful.
意外可能隨時會發生，所以一定要小心。 - She happened to be in the right place at the right time.
她碰巧在對的時間點出現在對的地方。 - These kinds of mistakes shouldn’t happen again.
這種錯誤不應再次發生。 - We didn’t plan to meet; it just happened.
我們沒有計劃相遇；它只是碰巧發生了。 - I happened upon an interesting book at the library.
我在圖書館碰巧找到了一本有趣的書。 - How did this situation happen?
這種情況是怎麼發生的？ - This must not happen in the future.
今後一定不能再發生這種情況。 - They happened to be there when the news was announced.
在新聞宣布時，他們碰巧在那裡。
同義詞：
- occur 發生 vi. 指的是某件事或事件在特定時間或地點的出現。
例句：The accident occurred at the intersection.
事故在交叉路口發生了。 - take place 發生 vi. 指的是某個事件或情況已經或正在進行。
例句：The meeting will take place in the conference room.
會議將在會議室舉行。 - transpire 透露、發生 vi. 可用來描述事情逐漸變得明顯或公開，或者指某事的發生。
例句：It transpired that he had left the company.
他已經離開公司的事情被揭露了。 - unfold 展開、逐漸發生 vi. 指的是事情或情況逐漸發展和變得清晰。
例句：The plot unfolds in a series of flashbacks.
情節透過一系列倒敘展開。 - come about 發生 vi. 指的是某事以某種方式發生或成為現實。
例句：How did this situation come about?
這種情況是如何發生的？
衍生字：
- happening 發生的事 n.
- happenstance (尤指出現好結果的)偶然情況、機遇 n. 美式英文
