happen upon

英 [ˈhæpən əˈpɒn]

美 [ˈhæpən əˈpɑːn]

巧遇，偶然发现

英英释义

verb

• find unexpectedly
  1. the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb
  2. she struck a goldmine
  3. The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake
  Synonym:fall uponstrikecome uponlight uponchance uponcome acrosschance onattaindiscover

双语例句

• We all need it, for faith is the belief that when bad things happen, they will turn out, with blessings bestowed upon them that only God can give.
  我们都需要信心，因为信心是相信坏事会变成福气，是只有神能赐下的福气。
• Hutton, who won the gold figurine for his role in Ordinary People, was apparently having a party a number of years ago. His sister popped the Oscar in the fridge alongside the beers so that guests would happen upon it en route to refreshment.
  在数年前的一次聚会中，他的姐姐突然从冰箱里拿出小金人，和啤酒一起随机放在某处，使宾客们能够碰巧在路上拿到它，从而提提神。
• You can think of a long-running process as a workflow process; it may wait for an external event to happen, or call upon one or more people to perform a task.
  您可以将长时间运行的流程视为工作流流程；它可能会等待外部事件发生，或呼叫一个或多个人员执行任务。
• These changes did not happen overnight. They've come upon us gradually over the last generation, years that were filled with shocks and tragedy.
  这些改变不是在一夜间发生的，他们已经慢慢成为我们的甚至后代的负担，多年后就会充满冲突和灾难。
• I happen to know these details because last week I stumbled upon Exec Tweets, a collection of about 100 executives who like to express themselves in chunks of up to 140 characters on Twitter.
  我碰巧知道这些细节，是因为上周我偶然发现了ExecTweets，上面收集了大约100名高管的tweet信息，他们喜欢在Twitter上用不超过140个字符来展示自己。
• If you happen to stumble upon one, feel free to contact me or leave a note on the comments section.
  如果你碰巧发现了什么问题，欢迎联系我或者在评论栏留言。
• Just as your lover's caress brings you to orgasm, your eyes happen to fall upon a shoe.
  正当情人的爱抚使你进入高潮的时候，你的目光恰巧落在了鞋子上。
• This may not happen if you can absolutely guarantee that the business data you choose for correlating upon will be unique for all time ( not just for active instances).
  如果您可以绝对保证您选择关联的业务数据始终是惟一的（而不只是对于活动实例是惟一的），就不会出现这种情况。
• Pursue your own interests, find friends you actually like and not just those you happen upon every day.
  追求你自己的兴趣，寻找你真心喜欢的朋友－而不是那些你每天偶然发现的那些人。
• There you are, clicking through your friend's Facebook album, when suddenly you happen upon a picture of yourself or rather, a slightly less attractive version of yourself.
  你正在脸书上翻阅朋友的相册，突然看到一张照片中有你自己而且还是不太好看的自己。