happenstance

英['hæpənstæns]美['hæpənstæns]
  • n. 偶然事件
  • adj. 偶然的

    • 记忆方法

    词源记忆法
    happen，发生，-stance，情况，来自circumstance.引申词义偶然情况。
      noun(名词)
      1. （尤指出现好结果的）偶然情况，机遇

    双解例句

    noun(名词)
    1. （尤指出现好结果的）偶然情况，机遇

      By (a strange) happenstance they were both in Paris at the same time.

      凑巧他们俩当时都在巴黎。

    小知识

    A happenstance is a coincidental event. If you call your brother on the phone, that's intentional. If you bump into him in a restaurant, it's happenstance.

    Happenstance is a combination of the words, happen and circumstance. Whereas circumstances are the conditions that surround an event, happenstance is the event itself. If you have no food at home so you go out to eat and sit next to a charming person who you end up marrying, your meeting was happenstance and your being hungry and having no food at home were the circumstances.

    实用短语

    1. planned happenstance theory

      计划性巧合理论,性理论

    2. happenstance learning theory

      偶然学习理论

    3. whether planned or happenstance

      无论是否机缘巧合

    同义词

    occurrence

    同根词

    词根：hap

    adj.

    haphazard偶然的；随便的；无计划的

    adv.

    haphazard偶然地；随意地

    haphazardly偶然地，随意地；杂乱地

    haply偶然地，或许；大致上

    n.

    haphazard偶然；偶然事件

    happening事件；意外发生的事

    hap机会，运气；偶然

    v.

    happening发生；碰巧（happen的ing形式）

    vi.

    happen发生；碰巧；偶然遇到

    hap偶然发生