take place, happen, come about 和 break out 用法区别

这些词或短语都有“发生”的意思，后面不可以接宾语，都不可以用于被动语态，但用法各不相同，区别如下：

 

 (1) take place 表示“发生、举行、举办”，一般指非偶然性事件的“发生”，即通常指“（某事）按计划进行或按计划发生。”这种事件的发生一定有某种原因或事先的安排。例如：

 

Great changes have taken place in our hometown during the past ten years.

The Olympic Games of 2008 took place in Beijing.

The next meeting will take place on Tuesday.

The meeting took place at 8:00 as planned.

Gread changes have taken place in China in the past 10 years.

The threatening strike did not take place after all.可能来临的罢工终究没有发生。

The evening party will take place on New Year's Eve.晚会将在除夕那天举行。

When did this conversation take place?  这次谈话是在什么时候？

When does the draw take place?  抽奖什么时候举行？

When will the marriage take place?  婚礼什么时候举行？

A singing meet will take place next week.  下周将举行歌咏会。

It is not certain when it will take place.  不能确定这事什么时候会发生。

Enrolment will take place in the main hall.  入学注册在主礼堂进行。

Our meeting took place by moonlight.  我们是在月光下会面的。

The action took place in Switzerland.  事情发生在瑞士。

The incident took place last week.  事件在上星期发生。

A bell was tolled when executions took place.  死刑执行时有人鸣钟。

All these events took place in this same crowded year.  所有这些事件

此外take place还有“举行”之意。如：

The meeting will take place next Friday.

The concert takes place next Thursday.

take the place of  代替

It would be difficult to find a man to take the place of the secretary.

找一个代替秘书的人会很难的。

By and by electricity will take the place of coal.不久以后, 电将取代煤。

 

 

 (2) happen 作“发生、碰巧”解，常指具体事件的发生，特别指那些偶然的或未能预见的“发生”，一般用于偶然或突发性事件。例如：

What happens/ed＋to sb/(prep.)．..发生了……

It happens/happened that－clause...碰巧……

 

A storm happened across the river in another country.

What happened to you? (一般不说：What did you happen?)

Maybe something unexpected happened.

New things are happening all around us.

I happened to see him on my way home.

= It happened that I saw him on my way home.

It happened that I had no money on me.

 

 

 

 

(3) come about 表示“发生、产生”，多指事情已经发生了，但还不知道为什么，常用于疑问句和否定句。后面不可以接宾语，也不可以使用被动语态。

1)  The driver wouldn’t tell me how the accident came about.司机就是不告诉我事故是怎么发生的。

2)  The situation should never have come about.这种情况本来不应该发生的。

3)  With the use of electricity，great changes have come about.随着电的使用，种种大变化发生了。

4)  The accident comes about in this way.这事 故就是这样发生的。

5)  Many a quarrel has come about through a misunderstanding.许多争执都是由于误会产生的。

6)  The flood came about as a result of the heavy spring rains.春季的大雨造成了洪水泛滥。

7)  When Mother woke up, she didn't know what had come about.

8)  I'll never understand how it came about that you were late three times a week.

9)  Do you know how the air accident came about?

温馨提示：How did it come about that….?/ How come?“某事情是这样发生的，怎么会发生…样的事情？”

come across偶遇；穿越

come back回来；重新流行

come down降下；减低；传下来；崩塌

come in进来；到达

come out出来；开花；出版；结果是……

come up上来；被提出讨论；发芽(无被动式)

come up with追上，赶上，不落后

come to结果达到；总数达到；苏醒

come along进展，进行

 

高考链接：(湖北2006) It's already 10 o'clock I wonder how it _______ that she was two hours late on such a short trip.

A. came over    B. came out 

C: came about   D. came up

 

高考链接：(江西卷2005)Please tell me how the accident _______. I am still in the dark.

A．came by     B．came upon           C．came to      D．came about

 

 

 

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(5) break out 意思为“发生、爆发”，常指战争、灾难、疾病或者争吵等事件的发生，也可以表示突然大声叫喊等。例如：

Two world wars broke out last century.

A fire broke out in the hospital in the mid-night.

After the flood, diseases broke out here and there.

She broke out, “That is too unfair!”

A fire broke out during the night.  SARS broke out all over China in the spring of 2003.

Something unexpected always breaks out in this area.在这一地区总有意想不到的事情发生。

The Second World War broke out in September 1939.第二次世界大战爆发于1939年9月。

 

高考链接：(广东2006) 

I was still sleeping when the fire _______ , and then it spread quickly.

/A. broke out      B. put out          

C. came out        D. got out 

 

—Tom is never late for work. Why is he absent today?

—Something ________ to him.

A. must happen                                       B. should have happened     

C．could have happened                            D．must have happened

 

 

高考链接：（辽宁2006）

The computer system __________ suddenly while he was searching for information on the Internet. 

/A. broke down    B. broke out 

C. broke up        D. broke in

 

 

 

occur 作“发生、想到、突然想起”解，其意义相当于 happen。例如：

occur＋to(prep.)．..想起……

It occur(－s/－ed)(to sb.)＋to do sth./that－clause想起，想到

 

What has occurred? (= What has happened?)

A big earthquake occurred (= happened) in the south of China last month.

It occurred to me that she didn't know I had moved into the new house.

It never occurred/ didn’t occur to me that Tom would / should be elected/ made chairman of the students’ Union.

 

 

高考链接：(安徽2006)I______along the street looking for a place to park when the accident       ．

A．went; was occurring  

B．went; occurred

C．was going; occurred 

D．was going; had occurred

 

高考链接：(上海2000)  An awful accident ______, however, occur the other day.

A. does      /B. did     

C. has to      D. had to