come about

英 [kʌm əˈbaʊt]

美 [kʌm əˈbaʊt]

产生; 发生

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 产生;发生
  When you say how or when somethingcame about, you say how or when it happened.
  1. Any possible solution to the Irish question can only come about through dialogue...
     任何解决爱尔兰问题的可行方案只能通过对话产生。
  2. That came about when we went to Glastonbury last year...
     那是我们去年去格拉斯顿伯里的时候发生的事。
  3. Thus it came about that, after many years as an interior designer and antiques dealer, he combined both businesses.
     这样，在从事多年的室内设计和古董经营后，他把二者结合了起来。

英英释义

verb

• come to pass
  1. What is happening?
  2. The meeting took place off without an incidence
  3. Nothing occurred that seemed important
  Synonym:happenhapgo onpass offoccurpassfall outtake place

双语例句

• How does it come about that he is always so busy?
  怎么搞的他总是那么忙？
• I don't know how this confusion has come about.
  我不知道这种混淆是怎么形成的。
• I'll come about six; does that suit?
  我大约六点钟来，合适吗？
• A number of standards changes have come about in the past year.
  过去的一年中对标准进行了大量更改。
• How does it come about that you were caught by the police?
  你被警察抓住是怎么发生的？
• Do you know how the phrase come about?
  你知道不知道这个成语是怎样产生的？
• Anything analogous in real life? How did the idea of having it as an alternate power come about?
  现实生活中有没有类似的机构？让它作为替代势力的想法是怎么产生的？
• When Mother woke up, she didn't know what had come about.
  母亲醒来的时候，她不知道发生了什么？
• I believe this will come about.
  我相信这一天终会到来。
• I come about your grandson, lucius.
  我是为了你的孙子而来的，卢西尔斯。