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 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？
• The wind has come about in the last hour.
  最后一小时风向变了。
• Of how this might come about.
  看看这是怎么出来的。
• 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 he is always so busy?
  怎么搞的他总是那么忙？
• How did these differences come about? There is no quick answer to this question.
  怎么这些差异从何而来？有没有快速的回答这个问题。
• 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。
• How did this juxtaposition come about?
  这一切是如何发生的呢？
• So how did your arrest come about?
  那么你是怎么会被抓起来？
• But when and how that might come about is something I just can't answer right now.
  至于何时以及如何能够实现，我目前还不能回答这个问题。