1、happen
(偶然)发生,出现
We cannot say for sure what will happen.
我们无法确定会发生什么事。
The accident happened close to Martha's Vineyard.
事故发生在玛莎葡萄园附近。
(作为结果)发生,产生
She wondered what would happen if her parents found her.
她不知道如果父母找到自己会有什么结果。
He trotted to the truck and switched on the ignition. Nothing happened.
他匆匆走向卡车并转动点火开关,结果没有任何反应。
(尤指不愉快的事)发生(在…身上);(某人)遭到;遇到
If we had been spotted at that point, I don't know what would have happened to us.
如果当时我们被发现了,我不知道会有什么后果。
It's the best thing that ever happened to me.
这是我所遇到的最好的事情了。
碰巧;凑巧
We happened to discover we had a friend in common.
我们凑巧发现我们有一个共同的朋友。
I looked in the nearest paper, which happened to be the Daily Mail.
我仔细看了一下离自己最近的那份报纸,正巧是份《每日邮报》。
2、scare
惊吓;使惊恐;使担忧
You're scaring me.
你吓着我了。
What scares me most is that I'm going to end up not being married.
最让我担心的是我会一辈子嫁不出去。
恐惧;恐慌
the doctor at the centre of an Aids scare.
身处艾滋病恐慌中心的医生
Despite the scare there are no plans to withdraw the drug.
尽管大家忧心忡忡,可是并无撤回药物的计划。
(炸弹或安全)恐慌
Despite many recent bomb scares, no one has yet been hurt.
尽管最近发生多起炸弹恐慌,目前还没有人员受伤。
a security scare over a suspect package.
可疑包裹引起的安全恐慌