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？
• How did the differences between British English and American English come about?
  英国英语和美国英语之间的不同是怎样形成的？
• 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 believe this will come about.
  我相信这一天终会到来。
• How does it come about that you were caught by the police?
  你被警察抓住是怎么发生的？
• A: I've come about your offer for bristles.
  我今天来访的目的是想听取你方对猪鬃的报盘。
• Can you tell me how the accident come about?
  你能告诉我这事故是怎样发生的吗？
• A great change in the peasants thinking has come about.
  农民的思想发生了很大变化。
• How did this juxtaposition come about?
  这一切是如何发生的呢？
• 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？