occasion 词态变化
复数: occasions;第三人称单数: occasions;过去式: occasioned;过去分词: occasioned;现在分词: occasioning;
occasion 中文词源
occasion 偶然，场合，时机oc-,向前，朝向，-cas,掉落，词源同case,cascade,accident.引申词义偶然，场合，时机。
occasion 英文词源
- occasion
- occasion: [14] Like English befall, occasion depends on a metaphorical connection between ‘falling’ and ‘happening’. Its ultimate source is the Latin verb occidere ‘go down’, a compound formed from the prefix ob- ‘down’ and cadere ‘fall’ (source of English cadence, case ‘circumstance’, decadent, etc). The figurative notion of a ‘falling together of favourable circumstances’ led to the coining of a derived noun occasiō, meaning ‘appropriate time, opportunity’, and hence ‘reason’ and ‘cause’.
English acquired it via Old French occasion. Also from Latin occidere comes English occident [14], a reference to the ‘west’ as the quarter in which the sun ‘goes down’ or sets.
=> cadaver, cadence, case, decadent, occident - occasion (n.)
- late 14c., "opportunity; grounds for action, state of affairs that makes something else possible; a happening, occurrence," from Old French ochaison, ocasion "cause, reason, excuse, pretext; opportunity" (13c.) or directly from Latin occasionem (nominative occasio) "opportunity, appropriate time," in Late Latin "cause," from occasum, occasus, past participle of occidere "fall down, go down," from ob "down, away" (see ob-) + cadere "to fall" (see case (n.1)). The notion is of a "falling together," or juncture, of circumstances.
- occasion (v.)
- mid-15c., "to bring (something) about," from occasion (n.), or else from Old French occasionner "to cause," from Medieval Latin occasionare, from Latin occasionem (see occasion (n.)). Related: Occasioned; occasioning.
occasion 词组搭配
on occasion (或 occasions)
occasionally; from time to time
有时；偶尔
on occasion, the state was asked to intervene.
有时政府会被要求进行干预。
rise to the occasion
perform better than usual in response to a special situation or event
在特殊场合超常发挥，在特殊场合应付裕如
take occasion
(archaic)make use of an opportunity to do something
(古)抓住时机
on occasion
From time to time; now and then.
偶尔：间断地；不时地
occasion 英文释义
- 1. an event that occurs at a critical time;
- "at such junctures he always had an impulse to leave"
- "it was needed only on special occasions"
- 2. a vaguely specified social event;
- "the party was quite an affair"
- "an occasion arranged to honor the president"
- "a seemingly endless round of social functions"
- 3. reason;
- "there was no occasion for complaint"
- 4. the time of a particular event;
- "on the occasion of his 60th birthday"
- 5. an opportunity to do something;
- "there was never an occasion for her to demonstrate her skill"
occasion 同义词解析
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最佳时机或机会。
occasion： 指特殊时机或良机，也指时节。
occasion 双语例句
- 1. On one occasion, his father threw a radio at his mother.
- 他父亲曾有一次拎起收音机砸向他的母亲。
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- 2. The good weather helped to make the occasion a resounding success.
- 天公作美，使得这次活动获得了巨大成功。
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- 3. It is always an important occasion for setting out government policy.
- 这历来都是阐明政府政策的重要时机。
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- 4. On another occasion I answered the phone and the line went dead.
- 还有一回，我一接电话，就掉线了。
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- 5. How can anyone look sad at an occasion like this?
- 在这样的场合怎么会有人显得忧伤呢？
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occasion 实用场景例句
- on this/that occasion
- 这 / 那次
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- I've met him on several occasions.
- 我曾见过他几次。
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- I can remember very few occasions when he had to cancel because of ill health.
- 我记得他因为健康不佳而被迫取消的情况绝无仅有。
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- They have been seen together on two separate occasions .
- 他们有两次被人看见在一起。
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- On one occasion, she called me in the middle of the night.
- 有一次她深更半夜打电话给我。
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- He used the occasion to announce further tax cuts.
- 他利用这个机会宣布再次减税。
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- a great/memorable/happy occasion
- 伟大的 / 难忘的 / 欢乐的庆典
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- Turn every meal into a special occasion .
- 要把每一顿饭都弄得特别一些。
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- They marked the occasion (= celebrated it) with an open-air concert.
- 他们举办露天音乐会来庆祝这个特别的时刻。
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- Their wedding turned out to be quite an occasion.
- 他们的婚礼办得相当隆重。
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- He was presented with the watch on the occasion of his retirement.
- 他在退休时获赠这块手表。
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- It should have been an occasion for rejoicing, but she could not feel any real joy.
- 原本应该是高兴的时刻，她却丝毫未感到快乐。
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- I'll speak to him about it if the occasion arises (= if I get a chance).
- 有机会的话，我要跟他谈谈这件事。
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- I've had no occasion to visit him recently.
- 我最近无缘去拜访他。
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- Her death was the occasion of mass riots.
- 她的逝世引发了大规模的骚乱。
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- I'm willing to go to court over this if the occasion arises (= if it becomes necessary) .
- 如果必要的话，我愿意就此出庭。
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- He has been known on occasion to lose his temper.
- 大家都知道他有时会发脾气。
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- The flight delay was occasioned by the need for a further security check.
- 这次航班的延误是由于必须做进一步的安全检查。
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- The decision occasioned us much anxiety.
- 这个决定让我们忧虑不堪。
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- I often think fondly of an occasion some years ago at Covent Garden...
- 我时常愉快地回想起几年前在科文特花园的一个时刻。
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- Mr Davis has been asked on a number of occasions.
- 戴维斯先生曾多次被问及。
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- Taking her with me on official occasions has been a challenge...
- 带着她出席正式场合对我来说一直是个挑战。
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- It will be a unique family occasion.
- 这将是一次特别的家庭聚会。
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- It is an occasion for all the family to celebrate...
- 这是个值得举家庆祝的时刻。
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- It is always an important occasion for setting out government policy.
- 这历来都是阐明政府政策的重要时机。
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- He argued that the release of hostages should not occasion a change in policy.
- 他认为释放人质不应造成政策的改变。
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- We have had occasion to deal with members of the group on a variety of charges.
- 我们有必要以多项罪名起诉该组织的成员。
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- He treated them seriously and, on occasion, entertained them hilariously...
- 他对待他们严肃认真，偶尔又逗得他们捧腹不已。
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- He translated not only from the French but also, on occasion, from the Polish.
- 他不仅做法文翻译，有时也做些波兰语翻译。
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- Inverness, however, rose to the occasion in the second half, producing some of the best football they have played for some time.
- 然而，因弗内斯队在下半场经受住了考验，踢出了很长一段时间以来的最佳水平。
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