happenstance
翻譯
偶然, 巧合
例句
It was pure happenstance that they met.
他們的相遇純屬偶然。
By a strange happenstance, we were on the same flight.
一個奇怪的巧合,我們搭乘了同一班飛機。
文法模式
by happenstance 偶然地 By a strange happenstance, we were on the same flight.
pure happenstance 純屬偶然 It was pure happenstance that they met.
近義詞
同義詞: chance, coincidence, serendipity, fluke
詞源
由「happen」(發生)和「circumstance」(情況)混合而成。
記憶技巧
想像某事在某種「circumstance」(情況)下「happen」(發生),即偶然事件。