occasion

单词音标

occasion音标[ә\'keiʒәn]

汉语翻译

n. 场合, 时机, 机会, 诱因, 理由

vt. 惹起, 引起

【法】 时机, 场合, 机会

相关词组:

give occasion to

improve the occasion

on occasion

rise to the occasion

on the occasion of

on the occasion of...

occasion sb to do sth

as occasion serves

词型变化

动词过去式:occasioned过去分词:occasioned现在分词:occasioning第三人称单数:occasions

词意辨析

chance, opportunity, occasion

这些名词均含“机会”之意。

chance: 侧重指偶然或意外的机会，有时也指正常或好的机会。

opportunity: 侧重指有利或适合于采取行动，以达到某一目的或实现某种愿望的*佳时机或机会。

occasion: 指特殊时机或良机，也指时节。

英语解释

名词 occasion:

an event that occurs at a critical time

同义词：juncture

a vaguely specified social event

同义词：affair, social occasion, function, social function

reason

the time of a particular event

an opportunity to do something

动词 occasion:

give occasion to

例句

I\'ve met her on several occasions recently.

我*近见到过她好几次。

You should go there if occasion arises.

如果有机会，你应当到那里去。

There was no occasion to be so rude.

没有理由这样粗鲁。

I was not at home on that occasion.

那时我正好不在家。

I only wear a tie on special occasions.

我只在特殊场合才打领带。

详细解释

oc.ca.sion

n.（名词）

An event or a happening; an incident.

场合：重大的事件；事故

The time at which an event occurs.

这种事件发生的时刻

A significant event.

重要的事件

A favorable or appropriate time or juncture; an opportunity.See Synonyms at opportunity

机会，时机：一个有利的或合适的时间或时机；机会参见 opportunity

Something that brings on or precipitates an action, a condition, or an event, especially the immediate cause.See Synonyms at cause

诱因：使促成或加速行动、状况或事件进程的事物，尤指立即造成的参见 cause

Something that provides a reason or justification; a ground.

理由：提供理由或口实的事物；依据

A need created by a particular circumstance:

需要：一种由特定环境而引起的需要：

例句：

.He must buy what he has little occasion for.(Laurence Sterne)

.他必须买他不太需要的东西.(劳伦斯·斯特内)

A large or important social gathering.

盛大场面：一个大型或重要的社会集会

occasions Archaic Personal requirements or necessities.

occasions 【古语】 个人的要求或必需品

v.tr.（及物动词）

oc.ca.sioned,oc.ca.sion.ing,oc.ca.sions

To provide occasion for; cause:

引起：为…提供场合；引起：

例句：

.The year`s annual reports occasion an especially revealing glimpse of how corporations lend . . . embellishment to the stark numbers of the comptroller`s office.(Mark Muro)

.这一年的年度报告使人们看到公司是怎样对审计室里刻板的数字进行修饰的.(马克·穆罗)

<习惯用语>on occasion

From time to time; now and then.

偶尔：间断地；不时地

来源：

Middle English

中古英语

from Old French

源自 古法语

from Latin occ3siô occ3siôn-

源自 拉丁语 occ3siô occ3siôn-

from occ3sus [past participle of] occidere [to fall]

源自 occ3sus [] occidere的过去分词 [落下]

ob- [down] * see ob-

ob- [在…下] *参见 ob-

cadere [to fall] * see kad-

cadere [落] *参见 kad-