occasion的意思

基本释义

• n 时机，机会；场合；理由

  a cause or reason

• v 引起，惹起

  to cause something

例句

1. His remark was the occasion of a bitter quarrel.

   他的话引起了一场激烈的争吵。

2. I had occasion to call on him last year.

   去年我因事去拜访过他。

3. This is a gala occasion.

   这是一个欢乐的时刻。

4. I want to take this occasion to thank you.

   我想借此机会向你表示感谢。

5. We can't forfeit the occasion.

   我们不能失去这个机会。

6. I only wear a tie on special occasions.

   我只有在特殊的场合才系领带。

短语

• on the occasion 在那时；值此…之际
• special occasion 特别的时刻；特别的场合
• on the occasion of 值此…之际
• on occasion 有时；偶尔
• on this occasion adj. 这一次

近义词

英英释义

noun 1. an event that occurs at a critical time e.g. at such junctures he always had an impulse to leave it was needed only on special occasions Synonym: juncture 2. a vaguely specified social event e.g. the party was quite an affair an occasion arranged to honor the president a seemingly endless round of social functions Synonym: affairsocial occasionfunctionsocial function 3. reason e.g. there was no occasion for complaint 4. an opportunity to do something e.g. there was never an occasion for her to demonstrate her skill 5. the time of a particular event e.g. on the occasion of his 60th birthday verb 1. give occasion to

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