单词 | occurrence |
释义 | occurrence (əkʌrəns , US -kɜːr- ) Word forms: occurrences 1. countable noun An occurrence is something that happens. [formal] Complaints seemed to be an everyday occurrence. The food queues have become a daily occurrence across the country. 2. countable noun The occurrence of something is the fact that it happens or is present. The greatest occurrence of coronary heart disease is in those over 65. [+ of] Synonyms: existence, instance, appearance, manifestation Collocations: common occurrence This reduces the risk of the baby needing help to breathe; a common occurrence after a Caesarean. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Is this a common occurrence? Times, Sunday Times (2009) It is possible but it is not a common occurrence. Times, Sunday Times (2009) It's almost a daily occurrence. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Strikes and street protests have become daily occurrences. Times, Sunday Times (2012) In many general practices such demands are a daily occurrence. Times, Sunday Times (2011) It also contains more than 13 different compounds that work to help prevent the occurrence of cancer. The Sun Following a hazard analysis, firms must identify and implement preventive controls to significantly minimize or prevent the occurrence of such hazards. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 If the magnitude of the risk outweighs the utility of the conduct, the reasonable person would take measures to prevent the occurrence of harm. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Instead of trying to prevent the occurrence of pests, the push-pull strategy (also known as stimuli-deterrent) aims to guide their inevitable biological evolution to prevent damage to valued crops. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They prevent the food from reacting with the gut, preventing the occurrence of symptoms. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 My behaviour was a response, not a random occurrence. The Sun An invasion could be either a random occurrence or summoned by a player. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He looks for his destiny in seemingly random occurrences. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Indeterministic physical models (particularly those involving quantum indeterminacy) introduce random occurrences at an atomic or subatomic level. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When activating control switches, random occurrences take place. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They said that this was not a rare occurrence. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Jersey is an incredibly safe island and incidents of this nature are an extremely rare occurrence. The Sun (2011) It does happen but it is a rare occurrence. Times, Sunday Times (2012) This was done to reduce the occurrence of piston slap. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Proper foundry practices, including melt preparation and mold design, can reduce the occurrence of these defects. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As a result, this has assisted the enforcement agencies to reduce the occurrence of fish blasting from an average of 8 per day to zero. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As current studies progress, greater information will help provide procedures to effectively reduce the occurrence of this condition. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This procedure can greatly reduce the occurrence of flystrike on the belly area. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Hopefully what happened won't become a regular occurrence. The Sun (2012) Such special moments used to be a regular occurrence. The Sun (2017) Shark sightings and beach closures are a regular occurrence. Times, Sunday Times (2009) It was not an uncommon occurrence, but what was unusual was what happened next. Times, Sunday Times After lunch, she even insists she will get the bill - an uncommon occurrence in the world of celebrity. The Sun This was an extremely uncommon occurrence, although no more nor less common than any of the other 67,108,863 sequences of 26 red or black. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This was not an uncommon occurrence and serves to illustrate the connection between patrons and their foundations at the time. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Yet riots and gunfights were not an uncommon occurrence. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The owners' loss stemmed from that unusual occurrence. Times, Sunday Times Now, a catastrophic blaze, once an unusual occurrence, could be set off by the heat from a lightning strike. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 That was not an unusual occurrence. Times, Sunday Times And was such an unusual occurrence really rather enjoyable, a novelty, a challenge? Times, Sunday Times There was great tension surrounding the game, not least because of the long-standing rivalry between the two neighbouring nations, but this dissipated over an unusual occurrence just before kick-off. Times, Sunday Times Goals, which used to come round for him as regularly as the seasons of the year, are now a weekly occurrence. Times, Sunday Times At one point it seemed a weekly occurrence. Times, Sunday Times It's virtually a weekly occurrence that people bring that up. The Sun Goals came infrequently, being substituted became a weekly occurrence. Times, Sunday Times Such developments are a weekly occurrence. Houston Chronicle Translations: Chinese: 发生 Japanese: 出来事 |
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