happening
英 ['hæp(ə)nɪŋ]
美 ['hæpənɪŋ]
- n. 出来事；予期せぬ出来事
- v.起こる；偶然（happenのing形）
英語の語源
- happening (n.)
- mid-15c., "chance, luck," verbal noun from happen (v.); meaning "an occurrence" is 1550s. Sense of "spontaneous event or display" is from 1959 in the argot of artists. Happenings "events" was noted by Fowler as a vogue word from c. 1905.
- happening (adj.)
- 1520s, "occurring," present participle adjective from happen (v.).
例文
- 1. Quite a few people were milling about，but nothing was happening .
- 近くをうろうろしている人がたくさんいますが、何も起きていません。
- 2.This happening in every school throughout the country.
- 全国各地の学校でこのようなことが起きている。
- 3.So what is really happening as the information bandwagon starts to roll？
- 情報が大潮してきたときにいったい何が起こったのだろうか。
- 4."God knows what 's happening in that madman 's mind，"she muttered.
- 彼女は「あの狂人が何を考えているのか、天は知っている」とつぶやいた。
- 5.Things were happening too quickly and Brian was confused.
- 事が早すぎてブライアンを混乱させた。
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