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happen upon

/hap-uhn/US // ˈhæp ən //UK // (ˈhæpən) //

偶遇,碰上了,碰上,偶见

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Definitions

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    • : to take place; come to pass; occur: Something interesting is always happening in New York.
    • : to come to pass by chance; occur without apparent reason or design: Don't ask me what caused it—it just happened, that's all.
    • : to have the fortune or lot; chance: I happened to see him on the street.
    • : to befall, as to a person or thing: Something dreadful has happened to me.
    • : to meet or discover by chance: to happen on a clue to a mystery.
    • : to be, come, go, etc., casually or by chance: My friend happened along.
    • : Slang. to be very exciting or interesting: That party was happening!

Synonyms & Antonyms

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Synonyms
believe相信,认为,坚信,相信自己calculate计算,算计,计算出,计算出的divine神圣的,神奇的,神圣,神奇fathom捉摸不透,捉捉摸摸,摸索,捉摸infer推论,推断,推断出,推论出predict预测,预告,预言,预见presume推测,推定,推断,假定pretend假装,装作,装扮,假设solve解决,解,解决问题,解决方法speculate猜测,揣测,猜猜看,揣测一下suggest建议,暗示,提出建议,提议suppose假设,假定,估计,推测surmise推测,臆测,猜测,臆想think认为,觉得,想,想到chance机会,机遇,机缘,的机会conjecture猜测,猜想,推测,臆测deduce推导出,推演,推断出,推导deem认为,推定,认为是,认定estimate估计,估算,估计数,估量fancy花式,幻想,花哨的,幻想的guesstimate猜测,估算,推测,猜想hazard危害,危害性,风险,危险hypothesize假设,臆测,假定,设想judge法官,判断,审判员,评审opine观点,认为,舆论,认为是penetrate渗透,穿透,渗入,识破pick挑选,选择,采摘,挑postulate设想,假设,推定,推测predicate谓语,语词,谓词,语义reason原因,理由,原因是,缘由reckon估算一下,估算,估计,计算select选择,挑选,选取,选定survey调查,调查表,调查报告,观察suspect嫌疑人,怀疑,疑犯,嫌疑犯theorize理论化,理解,推测,理论分析venture创业,冒险,风险,风险投资dare say敢说,敢言,敢情go out on a limb独辟蹊径,孤注一掷,孤军奋战,冒失鬼jump to a conclusion妄下定论,妄下结论,妄下断语,妄下断言lump it混在一起,坨坨,凑合吧,坨它size up加大尺寸,增大尺寸,大号,加大码take a shot at尝试一下,尝试,尝试下take a stab at试探一下,试探,插手,试探性地think likely认为有可能,认为可能,认为可能的,想来也是work out锻炼身体,锻炼,工作,编制

Examples

  • That along with what happens between Jokić and Anthony Davis.

  • The league is studying what’s happening in the bubble just as much as those outside of it are, and that includes looking at the replay system.

  • If that happened, it would put even more political pressure on Democrats by making Republicans look like they’re the ones taking action.

  • So we’re gonna see what happens, but we did shut it down, yes.

  • Because most of the newly occurring deaths are happening in red states.

  • “Please, please do not permit this to happen here in Florida,” wrote Cris K. Smith of East Polk County.

  • They now know that bad things can, and do, happen to those they love.

  • The possibility that the same outcome could happen another way -- namely a guy asks me out -- keeps me from taking action.

  • How does it happen that citizens of modest means suffer as public sector unions gain?

  • The unspoken question from his son and the thousands of other kids was, “Could it happen to you?”

  • That it is a reasonable and proper thing to ask our statesmen and politicians: what is going to happen to the world?

  • Greater mischiefs happen often from folly, meanness, and vanity than from the greater sins of avarice and ambition.

  • Such things happen to all flesh, from man even to beast, and upon sinners are sevenfold more.

  • At first startled, her second thought was that this would be the best possible thing which could happen.

  • Suddenly she stopped laughing, and said in a low voice, "You don't happen to have a beefsteak about you, do you?"