happening
英 ['h?p(?)n??]
美['h?p?n??]
- n. 事件；意外發生的事
- v. 發生；碰巧（happen的ing形式）
TEM4低頻詞
詞態變化
復數:?happenings;
英文詞源
- happening (n.)
- mid-15c., "chance, luck," verbal noun from happen (v.); meaning "an occurrence" is 1550s. Sense of "spontaneous event or display" is from 1959 in the argot of artists. Happenings "events" was noted by Fowler as a vogue word from c. 1905.
- happening (adj.)
- 1520s, "occurring," present participle adjective from happen (v.).
雙語例句
- 1. Quite a few people were milling about, but nothing was happening.
- 有不少人在附近轉來轉去，可是什么事情也沒有發生。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. This is happening in every school throughout the country.
- 全國各地每所學校都在發生這樣的事情。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. So what is really happening as the information bandwagon starts to roll?
- 當信息大潮滾滾而來的時候究竟發生了些什么呢？
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. "God knows what's happening in that madman's mind," she muttered.
- 她咕噥著：“天知道那個瘋子在想什么。”
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Things were happening too quickly and Brian was confused.
- 事情發生得太快，把布賴恩給弄糊涂了。
來自柯林斯例句