Question

come about happen take place的区别

Answer 1

这些词或短语都有“发生”的意思，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 will take place in Beijing.

(2) .happen作“发生、碰巧”解，一般用于偶然或突发性事件，例如：

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

Maybe something unexpected happened.

I happened to see him on my way home.

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

(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，例如：

When Mother woke up, she didn’t know what had come about.

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

Do you know how the air accident came about?

Answer 2

take place
发生; 举行
When will the basketball game take place? 篮球赛何时举行?
happen
(偶然)发生
A funny thing happened. 发生了一件好笑的事。
come about
发生
How did this come about? 这事是怎麼发生的?
come about 比较少用到

Answer 3

come about 指事情已经发生但不知道原因 happen 就是指具有偶然性的发生 take place 是一种有计划的发生~