happenstance
英语[编辑]
词源[编辑]
混成词 of happening + circumstance。
发音[编辑]
名词[编辑]
happenstance (可数 和 不可数,复数 happenstances)
- (不可数) 偶然
- 近义词: accident、chance、coincidence、happenchance
- by happenstance
- 偶然
- 1964, Goldfinger, 角色 James Bond(Sean Connery):
- Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, three times is enemy action.
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- 2001, “People Talkin'”, 出自 MTV Unplugged, 演出者 Jay-Z:
- Dammit, man this is the gift from God / This ain't happenstance
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- (可数) 机遇,机缘巧合
- the happenstances of life
- 人生的机缘巧合
衍生词汇[编辑]
延伸阅读[编辑]
- “happenstance”, Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.