Occasional
[ə'keɪʒ(ə)n(ə)l] or [ə'keʒənl]
解釋/意思:
(a.) Of or pertaining to an occasion or to occasions; occuring at times, but not constant, regular, or systematic; made or happening as opportunity requires or admits; casual; incidental; as, occasional remarks, or efforts.
(a.) Produced by accident; as, the occasional origin of a thing.
編輯:威拉
同義詞及近義詞：
a. Incidental, accidental, casual, irregular.
詹妮校對
娱乐性解釋/意思：
adj. Afflicting us with greater or less frequency. That however is not the sense in which the word is used in the phrase 'occasional verses which are verses written for an occasion such as an anniversary, a celebration or other event. True, they afflict us a little worse than other sorts of verse, but their name has no reference to irregular recurrence.
手打:索菲
例句/造句/用法:
- I was informed he wrote several small occasional works, but only one of them was printed, which I remember to have seen several years since. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- As Sarkoja talked with Zad he cast occasional glances in my direction, while she seemed to be urging him very strongly to some action. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- This is sad, but his occasional references to himself grieve me still more. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- The canal extends nearly due south to Suez on the Red Sea, a distance of about 100 miles, through barren wastes of sand and an occasional lake. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- The country about was generally heavily timbered, but with occasional clearings. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- But this need is occasional and temporary. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Here and there they were broken with streaks and patches of dusky red, green, and occasional areas of white quartz. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- If I do come back, said he, forcing a languid smile, mind let me find you married, and rich enough to lend me an occasional hundred pounds or two. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- None save my partner with his family and an occasional friend of Arthur's. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- Its price, therefore, besides compensating all occasional losses, must afford something like the profit of insurance. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Besides the fortifications on Mission Ridge, there was a line at the base of the hill, with occasional spurs of rifle-pits half-way up the front. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Nor was the occasional society of Mr. Pott himself wanting to complete their felicity. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- In an unguarded moment, I chanced to say that, of the two errors; I considered falsehood worse than an occasional lapse in church-attendance. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- We mustn’t forget, he answered, that the steady income of a regular trade is safer to rely on than occasional success in other lines. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- The firing from far away and above had almost died out and now there was only an occasional shot. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Only the Earl himself kept up a sly occasional acquaintance with her, when out of the jurisdiction of his ladies. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Inspector Gregory was full of his case, and poured out a stream of remarks, while Holmes threw in an occasional question or interjection. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- Every man endeavours to supply, by his own industry, his own occasional wants, as they occur. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- She lost her colour, and the old and intent expression was a constant, not an occasional, thing; otherwise, she remained very pretty and comely. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- Such a merchant would have no occasion to keep any part of his stock by him unemployed, and in ready money, for answering occasional demands. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- The Roman citizen got his political facts from rumour and the occasional orator. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Other children in grief or pain cry aloud, without shame or restraint; but this being wept: the tiniest occasional sniff testified to her emotion. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- A struggle was evidently in his face; a struggle with that occasional look which had a tendency in it to dark doubt and dread. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- We are as yet profoundly ignorant of the many occasional means of transport. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- Clandestine and occasional vice is beyond all measurement. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- We rowed along the shore, the barman holding the line in his hand and giving it occasional jerks forward. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- She went to the side-board, opened a drawer, and took out a duster, which she kept there for any occasional purpose. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- The only incident he had strongly winced under had been an occasional encounter with Caleb Garth, who, however, had raised his hat with mild gravity. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- The occasional lamps gleamed on the expanse of muddy road and shining pavement. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- At last he saw it, the thing the little monkeys so feared--the man-brute of which the Claytons had caught occasional fleeting glimpses. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
手打:索菲