| 单词 | 事情发生 |
| 释义 | DEFINITIVE EXAMPLES 权威例句〔DO/NOT DO〕The next morning, she went about her business as if nothing out of the ordinary had happened. 第二天早晨，她照常做自己的事，好像没有什么特别事情发生过似的。朗文写作活用〔LET/ALLOW〕It took all my willpower to remain cool and tell him not to let it happen again. 我竭力保持镇静，叫他不要再让这种事情发生。朗文写作活用〔LONG〕I guess it didn't happen very long ago. 我估计这事情发生了没多久。朗文写作活用〔NONE/NOTHING〕Nothing exciting ever happens in this place! 这地方从来都不会有叫人激动的事情发生！朗文写作活用〔TIME〕There's something happening on our street at all hours of the day and night. 我们街上任何时候都有事情发生。朗文写作活用〔admonish〕A warning voice admonished him not to let this happen.他耳边响起警钟，警告他别让这种事情发生。牛津高阶〔affair〕The affair began when customs officials inspected a convoy of 60 tankers.就在海关关员检查一个60艘油轮的船队时，事情发生了。柯林斯高阶〔afoot〕Something strange was afoot.奇怪的事情发生了。韦氏高阶〔build〕We're trying to build up a picture of what happened.我们试图弄清楚事情发生的经过。朗文当代〔clear〕Can I make it absolutely clear that we did not intend this to happen? 我来澄清一下好吗？我们无意让这样的事情发生的。朗文当代〔coincidence〕By some strange coincidence, he was passing the house just when it happened.事情发生时他碰巧路过这所房子。剑桥高阶〔come〕I'm afraid something urgent has come up.恐怕有紧急事情发生。牛津高阶〔complexion〕What Pablo has just said puts an entirely/completely new complexion on (= changes) things.巴勃罗刚刚所说的话使事情发生了彻底的变化。剑桥高阶〔confused〕Things were happening too quickly and Brian was confused.事情发生得太快，把布赖恩给弄糊涂了。柯林斯高阶〔conscience〕How could people of conscience allow this to happen? 有良知的人怎么能容许这样的事情发生？牛津搭配〔contingency〕Something incidental to something else.附带情况：伴随着别的事情发生的事情美国传统〔describe〕An eyewitness described what happened.目击者叙述事情发生的经过。牛津同义词〔do〕This town is so boring in the evening - there's never anything doing.晚上这座城镇很无聊——从来都没有什么事情发生。剑桥高阶〔else〕It happened here and nowhere else.事情发生在这里,而不是其他什么地方。英汉大词典〔exactly〕Exactly when (或When exactly) did it happen? 事情发生的确切时间是何时? 英汉大词典〔exactly〕It happened almost exactly a year ago.这事情发生差不多正好一年了。牛津高阶〔exact〕We need to know the exact time the incident occurred.我们需要了解事情发生的确切时间。牛津高阶〔exciting〕They waited and waited for something exciting to happen.他们等啊等啊，等待着激动人心的事情发生。牛津高阶〔folly〕Until that event he had been remote, reserved, intolerant of human folly.在那件事情发生之前, 他一直孤高、矜持, 容忍不了人类的愚蠢。外研社新世纪〔forbid〕God forbid! 但愿上帝不让这样的事情发生! (或:但愿不发生这样的事情!)英汉大词典〔forbid〕What would we do if, God forbid, that happened to one of our kids.要是那发生在我们的某个孩子身上，但愿上帝不要让这样的事情发生，我们要怎么办呢？麦克米伦高阶〔full〕We're still waiting to hear the full story of what happened.我们仍期待听到事情发生的全部经过。韦氏高阶〔good〕We were scared when it happened, but we had a good laugh about it later.事情发生时我们都吓坏了，但过后我们都对此大笑不已。韦氏高阶〔hindsight〕Perception of the significance and nature of events after they have occurred.后知之明：在事情发生后对于事情的性质、重要性的认识美国传统〔incoherence〕Beth's incoherence told Amy that something was terribly wrong.贝丝的语无伦次让埃米认识到有非常糟糕的事情发生了。外研社新世纪〔inevitable〕One day the inevitable happened and I got a speeding ticket.有一天，不可避免的事情发生了: 我收到了一张超速罚款单。朗文当代〔inevitable〕The inevitable happened—I forgot my passport.逃不掉的事情发生了，我忘了带护照。牛津高阶〔inkling〕We had an inkling that something might be happening.我们隐约感觉可能正有什么事情发生。柯林斯高阶〔investigate〕Police are investigating what happened.警察正在调查事情发生的经过。牛津高阶〔late〕It happened late at night.事情发生在深夜。英汉大词典〔law〕There must be changes in the law quickly to stop this sort of thing ever happening to anyone else.我们必须迅速修订法律，以杜绝此类事情发生在其他人身上。柯林斯高阶〔leak〕It became evident from the leaks that something important was going on.根据透露出来的消息显然有重大事情发生。朗文当代〔likelihood〕There didn't seem much likelihood of it happening.这种事情发生的可能性不大。柯林斯高阶〔mantra〕Renard repeats mantras like 'Positive things happen to positive thinkers'.雷纳德一再重复着像“积极的事情发生在正面思考者身上”这样的口号。外研社新世纪〔mind〕It's been preying on my mind ever since it happened.事情发生后我的内心就一直在受折磨。牛津搭配〔miraculous〕Something truly miraculous happened.非常不可思议的事情发生了。牛津搭配〔mistime〕He mistimed the event by two years.他把事情发生的时间搞错了2年。英汉大词典〔noteworthy〕Nothing noteworthy happened that evening.那晚没什么重要事情发生。韦氏高阶〔now〕It happened years ago now.事情发生到今天已好几年了。英汉大词典〔objective〕He had no objective evidence that anything extraordinary was happening.他没有实际的证据证明有离奇的事情发生。外研社新世纪〔owe〕We owe it to ourselves to explain how it all happened.我们认为有必要解释一下事情发生的经过。英汉大词典〔pass〕The meeting passed without incident.会上没有任何事情发生。韦氏高阶〔picture〕The police are trying to build up a picture of what happened.警方正试图掌握事情发生的经过。牛津高阶〔powerless〕I saw what was happening, but I was powerless to help.我眼看着事情发生，却无力相助。牛津高阶〔quick〕It all happened pretty quick.事情发生得太快。朗文当代〔realize〕My worst fears were realized.我最害怕发生的事情发生了。英汉大词典〔realize〕Our worst fears were realized.我们最担心的事情发生了。外研社新世纪〔realize〕Ten years later her worst fears were realized.10年后，她最害怕的事情发生了。剑桥高阶〔real〕Things don't happen quite that easily in real life .现实生活中不会总有这样的事情发生。朗文当代〔remember〕I can't remember exactly what happened.我不记得事情发生的准确细节。牛津搭配〔sea〕It happened on the second night at sea.事情发生在出海后的第二天夜里。牛津高阶〔shake sb out of sth〕We need something to happen that will shake people out of their apathy.我们需要有什么事情发生让人们从冷漠中醒悟过来。剑桥高阶〔sir〕We will never allow that to happen! No sir! 我们决不能允许那样的事情发生！决不能！牛津高阶〔sit〕We can't sit idly by and let this happen.我们不能坐视不管，任由这样的事情发生。牛津搭配〔speed〕It was the speed at which it all happened that shocked me.令我感到震惊的是整个事情发生得如此之快。剑桥高阶〔stand〕There is no way you can stand back and allow such injustice to take place.你不能袖手旁观让这种不公平的事情发生。英汉大词典〔t.o〕We were close to when it happened.事情发生时我们正在附近。21世纪英汉〔tail〕Do you think we should sit on our tails until that happens? 你认为我们应该坐等那种事情发生吗? 英汉大词典〔tell〕I'm telling you - that's how it happened.我可以肯定地说，那就是事情发生的经过。麦克米伦高阶〔terribly〕She was terribly hurt when it happened.这件事情发生时, 她伤心欲绝。外研社新世纪〔that'd〕When it happened, I didn't realize that'd (= that had) been the reason.事情发生的时候，我没有意思到原来是那个原因。剑桥高阶〔the unthinkable〕And then, the unthinkable happened: the car skidded out of control and crashed.接着，不可思议的事情发生了：汽车失控打滑，然后撞了上去。韦氏高阶〔the〕I suppose we'll just have to wait for the inevitable (= the particular thing that is certain to happen).看来我们只好坐等那不可避免的事情发生。剑桥高阶〔the〕With him, you should always expect the unexpected.在他身上你应随时料到有意想不到的事情发生。牛津高阶〔thing〕A strange thing happened.一件奇怪的事情发生了。外研社新世纪〔this〕Not much has been happening in the news this week.这周新闻没有多少事情发生。韦氏高阶〔time marches on〕I was very disappointed when it happened. But time marches on, and I've learned to accept it now.事情发生的时候我相当失望。但随着时间的推移，我现在已经学会接受了。韦氏高阶〔true〕He gave the true account of what had happened.他叙述了事情发生的真相。英汉大词典〔ultimate〕The ultimate cause of what's happened has been the advertising campaign.事情发生的根本原因在于那场广告宣传活动。外研社新世纪〔unthinkable〕Suddenly the unthinkable happened and he drew out a gun.突然，难以相信的事情发生了，他拔出了手枪。牛津高阶〔unthinkable〕Then the unthinkable happened and the boat started to sink.接着，难以想象的事情发生了，船开始下沉。朗文当代〔waiting〕Stop waiting for things to happen. Make them happen.不要坐等事情发生。要创造条件让它们发生。柯林斯高阶〔wait〕Stop waiting for things to happen. Make them happen.不要再坐等事情发生。要创造条件促使事情发生。外研社新世纪〔weekend〕It happened on the weekend of 24 and 25 April.事情发生在 4 月 24 日和 25 日那个周末。牛津高阶〔well〕I think it happened, well, towards the end of last summer.我想事情发生在，对了，快到上个夏末的时候。牛津高阶〔wheeze〕Between gasps and wheezes, he tried to explain what had happened.他气喘吁吁地尽力描述事情发生的经过。韦氏高阶〔who〕I'm going to know what happened in that house: the why and the who.我想了解一下那屋子里究竟发生了什么事:事情发生的原因及所涉及的人。英汉大词典〔yearning〕I have a yearning for excitement.我渴望有激动人心的事情发生。外研社新世纪〔year〕He was 14 years old when it happened.这件事情发生的时候，他 14 岁。牛津高阶〔yet〕Nothing will happen for a few years yet.几年内还不会有什么事情发生。外研社新世纪He flatly denied that he saw what had happened.他矢口否认他看到过事情发生的情况。剑桥国际I can testify to the foregoing since I was actually present when it happened.我可以证明前面所述是真实的，因为事情发生时我就在现场。剑桥国际I shall leave on Sunday if nothing intervenes. 若无什么事情发生的话，我将于星期天动身。译典通I suppose we'll just have to wait for the inevitable (= the particular thing that is certain to happen).我认为我们只好等那不可避免的事情发生了。剑桥国际Planning isn't his strong point --he just reacts to things as they happen.计划不是他的强项----他仅仅在事情发生后作出反应。剑桥国际She claims she has precognitive abilities and that she can foresee events before they actually happen.她说她有预知能力，能在事情发生前预先知道。剑桥国际The incident occurred during the heat of (=at the busiest period of) the argument / battle / campaign.事情发生在争论 / 战斗 / 战役的白热化阶段。剑桥国际The unthinkable had happened--his secret activities had been discovered by the press.不寻常的事情发生了----他的秘密活动已经被新闻界发现了。剑桥国际What Pablo has just said puts an entirely/completely new complexion on (=changes) things.巴布洛刚刚所说的话使事情发生了全新的变化。剑桥国际 |
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