柯林斯詞典happenstance /?h?p?n?st?ns/ 1. N-UNCOUNT If you say that something happened by happenstance, you mean that it happened because of certain circumstances, although it was not planned by anyone. 偶然情況; 巧合[書面] [also 'a' N, oft 'by' N] I came to live at the farm by happenstance. 我到這個農(nóng)場來生活純屬偶然。 返回 happenstance劍橋詞典chance or a chance situation , especially one producing a good result （尤指出現(xiàn)好結(jié)果的）偶然情況，機遇 By (a strange ) happenstance they were both in Paris at the same time . 湊巧他們倆當(dāng)時都在巴黎。 返回 happenstance