happen to 的用法

对于这个词组，我的看法是，因为有了happen这个我们经常说的词，变得更加重要。

happen to

1.（某人）发生（某情况，尤指不幸的事），（某物）如何(这一条解释，一定要牢记在心)

What will happen to her now? （FWF）

I hope nothing has happened to my friend. (McMordie)

2. 恰好，碰巧，偶然

和不定式连用，构成复合谓语

I just happen to feel that way. (London)

I happened to know about him. (Wells)

不定式有时需用进行时或完成时，有关这种解释的说明，暂时没有。可是，我们可以把它作为该词组的一种惯用法。牢记。

Vesta happened to be playing in one corner of the room. (Dreiser)

这种结构有时用在问句或条件句中，使语气显得更委婉一些。所谓“委婉的语气”事实上是表示说话人更加有修养，更加有语言驾驭能力。

I wonder if you happen to know whether there’s a good theater in this city. (Lewis)

If you happen to meet your friend, give him these. (Sinclair)

重点记忆：

※※※ happen 和it连用，后面跟从句（真正主语）

It happened that the harvest was bad in 1788. (Hazen)

It happened that Jerry and M.Rockembean were in the house. (Sinclair)

How did it happen that they had drawn nothing from them? (London)

※※※ 成语：

以下几条成语更有口语应用的价值，希望大家多多体会，然后学会应用。

as it happens(happened), 恰好，碰巧

I saw him yesterday, as it happens. (=It (so) happened that I saw him yesterday.)(DCE)

As it happens, I have left the book at hotel. (Palmer)