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 did it come about?
  这事儿怎么来的？
• 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？
• So how did your arrest come about?
  那么你是怎么会被抓起来？
• Tell me, how does this relapse come about?
  告诉我，这种病为什么会犯？
• I come about your grandson, lucius.
  我是为了你的孙子而来的，卢西尔斯。
• With the use of electricity, great changes have come about.
  随着电的使用，种种大变化发生了。
• I don't know how this confusion has come about.
  我不知道这种混淆是怎么形成的。
• How does it come about that he is always so busy?
  怎么搞的他总是那么忙？
• 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？