take place, happen, occur, come about和break out用法区别这些词或短语都有“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.