happenstance
英语[编辑]
词源[编辑]
happening + circumstance 的混成詞。
发音[编辑]
名词[编辑]
happenstance (可數 和 不可數,複數 happenstances)
- (不可數) 偶然
- 近義詞: accident、chance、coincidence、happenchance
- by happenstance
- 偶然
- 1964, Goldfinger, 台词角色James Bond (Sean Connery):
- Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, three times is enemy action.
- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
- 2001, “People Talkin'”, 出自 MTV Unplugged, 演出者 Jay-Z:
- Dammit, man this is the gift from God / This ain't happenstance
- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
- (可數) 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.