occasion
occasion 英 [əˈkeɪʒn] 美 [əˈkeʒən]
n. 时机；场合；理由 vt. 导致
进行时:occasioning 过去式:occasioned 过去分词:occasioned 第三人称单数:occasions 名词复数:occasions
- Occasion means something special––that happens seldom or is notable when it does. On occasion, we sit down together as a family, but not every day, and never for dinner. When Great Aunt Mabel visits, however, we rise to the occasion and stage a large family meal.
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- n. 时机；场合；理由
- vt. 导致
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1. on this occasion, on that occasion
这╱那次
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2. I've met him on several occasions.
我曾几次见过他。
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3. 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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4. Turn every meal into a special occasion.
要把每一顿饭都弄得特别一些。
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5. a great occasion, a memorable occasion, a happy occasion
盛大的╱难忘的╱欢乐的庆典
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6. I'll speak to him about it if the occasion arises.
有机会的话，我要跟他谈谈这件事。
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7. I've had no occasion to visit him recently.
我最近无缘去拜访他。
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8. 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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9. 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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10. The decision occasioned us much anxiety.
这个决定让我们忧虑不堪。
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11. 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。
- 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-) + -cidere, combining form of cadere "to fall" (from PIE root *kad- "to fall"). 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.
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