happenstance
翻译
偶然事件, 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.
一次奇特的巧合,我们搭乘了同一趟航班。
语法模式
a happenstance 一件偶然的事 Their meeting was a complete happenstance.
近义词
同义词: chance, coincidence, fluke; 反义词: plan, design
词源
由“happen”(发生)和“stance”(情况)混合而成,模仿“circumstance”(情况)一词。它指偶然发生的情况。
记忆技巧
可以把它想象成某事“happen”(发生)时的“stance”(情况),即“偶然的情况”。