happenstance

英 [ˈhæpənstæns]

美 [ˈhæpənstæns]

n.  偶然情况; (尤指)机遇

复数：happenstances　

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.
  1. I came to live at the farm by happenstance.
     我来到该农场住下纯属偶然。

英英释义

noun

• an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental
  Synonym:coincidence

双语例句

• In part this was the result of happenstance.
  从某种程度来讲，这是偶然的结果。
• 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。
• 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。
• You don't think it was just happenstance?
  你不觉得它只是意外？
• She told a friend she hoped in Beijing just by happenstance to bump into Cantopop star Leon Lai, whom she was 'crazy' about, according to a friend.
  据朋友说，她曾告诉一位朋友，她希望能在北京偶遇香港明星黎明（LeonLai），她是黎明的狂热粉丝。
• Chen's fateful happenstance refract puzzle of the world, and his magic dissipate of his life just the logic result of absurdity.
  陈世德决定性的偶然经历折射出人生的不可知，他疯狂的人生挥霍体现出一种全部浸在荒谬之中的生活逻辑结果。
• 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。
• 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。
• IT'S an odd happenstance when chocolate cake inspires a recipe for deviled eggs, but so it went a few weeks ago.
  魔鬼蛋的灵感来源于巧克力蛋糕，虽然只是我偶然的奇怪的想法，但是好像几个星期前就已经形成了雏形。
• 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。