happenstance
翻译
偶然, 巧合
例句
It was pure happenstance that they met.
他们的相遇纯属偶然。
By a strange happenstance, we were on the same flight.
一个奇怪的巧合，我们搭乘了同一班飞机。
语法模式
by happenstance 偶然地 By a strange happenstance, we were on the same flight.
pure happenstance 纯属偶然 It was pure happenstance that they met.
近义词
同义词: chance, coincidence, serendipity, fluke
词源
由“happen”（发生）和“circumstance”（情况）混合而成。
记忆技巧
想象某事在某种“circumstance”（情况）下“happen”（发生），即偶然事件。