happenstance
英 [ˈhæpənstæns]
美 [ˈhæpənstæns]
n. 偶然情况; (尤指)机遇
COCA.22408
牛津词典
noun
- 偶然情况；（尤指）机遇
chance, especially when it results in sth good
柯林斯词典
- N-UNCOUNT 偶然情况;巧合
If you say that something happenedby happenstance, you mean that it happened because of certain circumstances, although it was not planned by anyone.- I came to live at the farm by happenstance.
我来到该农场住下纯属偶然。
- I came to live at the farm by happenstance.
英英释义
noun
- an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental
双语例句
- Based on the above research, the paper provides strategy for avoiding progressive collapse caused by the damage of local component from the angle of controlling the happenstance of accidental events, preventing local structural damage and ensuring reasonable structure design.
基于上述研究，本文从控制偶然事件发生、防止结构局部破坏及保证合理结构设计等角度提出了避免结构因局部构件破坏发生连续倒塌的策略。 - It can involve happenstance, hunches and blind panic.
这当中可能涉及偶然情况、直觉和盲目的恐慌。 - You don't think it was just happenstance?
你不觉得它只是意外？ - Well, that is an interesting question, but I think it was more by happenstance.
嗯，这是个有趣的问题可是我认为这只是凑巧而已。 - She fell into fashion by happenstance after moving to New York City from Massachusetts to attend the School of Visual Arts.
她从马萨诸塞州搬到纽约市上视觉艺术学校（SchoolofVisualArts）后偶然进入了时尚界。 - If the National Day of2008 has anything else of remark, then it must be the happenstance that it is the30-year anniversary of the Reform and Opening.
如果说2008年的国庆日还有什么特别之处，那么就在于今年恰逢改革开放30周年。 - I came to live at the farm by happenstance.
我来到该农场住下纯属偶然。 - This feature of stability highlights a basic contrast between an overlapping consensus and a modus Vivendi, the stability of which does depend on happenstance and a balance of relative forces.
因此，与一种权宜之计不同，重叠共识所带来的稳定性并不信赖于各种相对力量之间的偶然情形和平衡。 - Here are some techniques the authors suggest we can use to turn happenstance to our advantage.
以下是作者的一些建议，我们可以用它来将偶发事件转变成对我们有益的事件。 - That being said, part of it was just happenstance in that I wasn't doing anything in front of a camera.
话虽这么说，但喜欢它的一部分原因仅仅是我不是在摄像机前面做任何表演。