Occasion
[ə'keɪʒ(ə)n] or [ə'keʒn]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) reason; 'there was no occasion for complaint'.
(noun.) an opportunity to do something; 'there was never an occasion for her to demonstrate her skill'.
(noun.) the time of a particular event; 'on the occasion of his 60th birthday'.
(verb.) give occasion to.
編輯:塔比瑟--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A falling out, happening, or coming to pass; hence, that which falls out or happens; occurrence; incident.
(n.) A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance; convenience.
(n.) An occurrence or condition of affairs which brings with it some unlooked-for event; that which incidentally brings to pass an event, without being its efficient cause or sufficient reason; accidental or incidental cause.
(n.) Need; exigency; requirement; necessity; as, I have no occasion for firearms.
(n.) A reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion.
(v. t.) To give occasion to; to cause; to produce; to induce; as, to occasion anxiety.
錄入:麦克唐纳
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Occurrence, incident, casualty, event.[2]. Opportunity, juncture, conjuncture, opening, room, suitable time, favorable time, nick of time, golden opportunity.[3]. Necessity, need, exigency.[4]. Cause (accidental), ground, reason.
v. a. [1]. Cause, produce, originate, breed, create, bring about, give rise to, give occasion to, bring to pass, be the cause of.[2]. Induce, influence, persuade, move.
編輯:弗吉尼亚
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Cause, make, create,[See PRODUCE_and_CREATE]
SYN:Conjuncture, opportunity, occurrence, cause, need, event, reason, necessity,opening, ground
ANT:Untimeliness, unseasonableness, frustration
編輯:马里奥
解釋/意思:
n. a case of something happening: a special time or season: a chance of bringing about something desired: an event which although not the cause determines the time at which another happens: a reason or excuse: opportunity: requirement business: a special ceremony.—v.t. to cause indirectly: to influence.—adj. Occā′sional falling in the way or happening: occurring only at times: resulting from accident: produced on some special event.—ns. Occā′sionalism the philosophical system of the Cartesian school for explaining the action of mind upon matter or the combined action of both by the direct intervention of God who on the occasion of certain modifications in our minds excites the corresponding movements of body and on the occasion of certain changes in our body awakens the corresponding feelings in the mind; Occā′sionalist; Occasional′ity.—adv. Occā′sionally.—n. Occā′sioner.—On occasion in case of need: as opportunity offers from time to time; Take occasion to take advantage of an opportunity.
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例句/造句/用法:
- The ice, you see, was broken between us--and I thought I would take care, on the next occasion, that Mr. Betteredge was out of the way. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- He had arranged to stop at Frizinghall that night, having occasion to consult his father on business. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- He's good enough for the occasion: when the people have made up their mind as they are making it up now, they don't want a man--they only want a vote. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- You must therefore allow me to follow the dictates of my conscience on this occasion, which leads me to perform what I look on as a point of duty. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- For your sake, turning to Charlotte, I am glad of it; but otherwise I see no occasion for entailing estates from the female line. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- The van der Luydens had done their best to emphasise the importance of the occasion. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- The pleasanter face which had replaced his, on the occasion of my last visit, answered to our summons, and went before us to the drawing-room. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- An undue love of Self leads to the most monstrous crimes and occasions the greatest misfortunes both in States and Families. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- On such occasions an interesting opportunity is offered to study Edison in his intense and constructive moods. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- As the idea of citizenship failed and faded before the new occasions, there remained no inner, that is to say no real, unity in the system at all. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Perhaps the skeleton in the cupboard comes out to be talked to, on such domestic occasions? 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- His employment may, upon most occasions, be as constant as he pleases. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- I could not see how human beings could enjoy the sufferings of beasts, and often of men, as they seemed to do on these occasions. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Almost all states, however, ancient as well as modern, when reduced to this necessity, have, upon some occasions, played this very juggling trick. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- The 'young gal' likewise occasioned me some uneasiness: not so much by neglecting to wash the plates, as by breaking them. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- I thought it best to hint, through the medium of a meditative look, that this might be occasioned by circumstances over which I had no control. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Almost every class of artificers is subject to some peculiar infirmity occasioned by excessive application to their peculiar species of work. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- The poorness of the pasture had, in his opinion, occasioned the degradation of their cattle, which degenerated sensibly from me generation to another. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- His warning voice was unheard, for the din which the knight himself occasioned by his strokes upon the postern would have drowned twenty war-trumpets. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- This business afterward occasioned me a good deal of uneasiness. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- This was not so very easy a question to answer, and occasioned an Oh! 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- Mrs. Bagnet hurried us into a more secluded place and was at first too breathless to proceed, occasioning Mr. Bagnet to say, Old girl! 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- I said nothing: I was afraid of occasioning some shock by declaring my identity. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- She was constantly complaining of the cold, and of its occasioning a visitation in her back which she called 'the creeps'. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- The adult uses his powers to transform his environment, thereby occasioning new stimuli which redirect his powers and keep them developing. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
編輯:雷金纳德