148. as it happens / as it chances
基本表現と解説
- As it happened, he was absent on that particular night.
- As it chanced, he was absent on that particular night.
as it happens / as it chances は「たまたま」、「折りよく」、「折悪しく」という意味。
例文1
But the big black mink, as it chanced, was of a different way of thinking.
Charles G. D. Roberts, Red Fox
しかし大きな黒イタチはたまたま考え方がちがいました。
例文2
As it chanced, an opportunity was soon given me to do him a signal service.
Hernry Rider Haggard, Heart of the World
偶然にも彼のために自分を大いに役立てる機会がじきにやってきた。
例文3
As it happened, no other member of the family had as yet seen Mr. Burnaby Jones....
Anthony Trollope, Christmas at Thompson Hall
家族のほかの人々は、たまたま、まだミスタ・バーナビー・ジョーンズに会っておらず……。
