| 单词 | by occasion |
| 释义 | > as lemmasby occasion a. adverbial, †by cas, by chance, by force, by guess, by hook or by crook, by might; and others for which an adverb might easily be substituted, as by consequence, †by cover (= covertly), †by matter in deed (? = as an actual fact), by metaphor, †by name (= especially), †by occasion, †by particular, by stealth. [Here French has usually par.] See the various substantives. ΚΠ 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 490 He vel of is palefrey, & brec is fot bi cas. c1460 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Laud) l. 10700 Vow that is made by right Ow no man to breke by might. 1475 Bk. Noblesse 31 Provided that..no man take vitaile beforce. 1531 St. German's Secunde Dyaloge Doctour & Student (new ed.) liv. f. cxlvii Yt ys not alleged in the Indyctment by matter in dede that he had such wepon. 1544 T. Phaer Regim. Lyfe (1560) R vij Hitherto have I declined by occasion. 1565 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1883) I. 113 That no..person..succour by cover or operte, any apprentice. 1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. D5v Either by hooke, or crooke, by night or day. a1586 Answ. Cartwright 17 He alleadgeth another proofe by peraduenture. 1604 G. Babington Comf. Notes: Exod. i. (Exod.) xvi. 263 This Manna followed the Israelites whatsoeuer the earth was: and by name in the wildernesse. 1620 J. Wilkinson Treat. Statutes conc. Coroners & Sherifes (new ed.) 117 These persons by particular are said to be by the statute rogues. 1660 T. Fuller Mixt Contempl. i. v. 8 Ponderous, and by Consequence probable to settle..on the Earth. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 145 Some prying Churl had..thence, By Stealth, convey'd th' unfeather'd Innocence. View more context for this quotation 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 145. ⁋6 He snatches Kisses by Surprise. 1751 J. Jortin Serm. (1771) V. v. 90 They might not imagine that the world was..made by chance. 1836 W. S. Landor Pericles & Aspasia I. 224 I am not speaking by metaphor and asiatically. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 649 (note) I have therefore been forced to arrange them [the events] by guess. by occasion b. †by occasion: by chance, casually, incidentally (obsolete). †by occasions: = on (also upon) occasion (obsolete). on (also upon) occasion: as need or opportunity arises; now and then, occasionally. †on (also upon) occasion of: in connection with, on account of, with reference to (obsolete). [Compare French par occasion by chance (1606), classical Latin per occasionem as the opportunity arises, and Middle French à l'occasion de in connection with (1553).] ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > chance [phrase] > by chance by perchance1495 at a venture1517 per accidens1528 at hazard (also hazards)a1533 at random1543 by occasion1562 at range1568 by the way1572 by (also at) (a) peradventurea1586 hit or miss1609 at the by1611 hob-nob1660 hit and miss1897 the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > chance [phrase] > upon occasion of on (also upon) occasion of1562 the world > time > frequency > infrequency > [adverb] > sometimes or occasionally whiloma900 whilea1000 stoundmealc1000 stundumOE otherwhileOE umquhile1154 with and withc1175 by stoundsa1225 otherwhilesc1225 umbestound?c1225 umbewhilec1230 then and thenc1275 sometime…sometime1297 umstounda1300 by while13.. over while13.. sometime1340 umbe throwea1350 at timesa1382 now and again (also anon, eft, now)a1393 umbwhile1393 eftsoona1398 sometimea1400 by sithesc1400 umbestoundsc1400 from time to (formerly unto) time1423 now and (also or) then1445 ever now and nowa1470 when and whenc1470 occasionallya1475 in timesa1500 whiles?a1500 whilomsa1500 sometimes1526 somewhiles1528 at whiles1540 ever now and then1542 a-whiles1546 somewhiles…, somewhiles1547 at sometimes1548 now and thenc1550 ever and anon1558 by occasions1562 on (also upon) occasion1562 as soon…as soon1581 every now and then (also again)1642 by a time1721 once and a while1765 ever and again1788 periodically1825 in spots1851 1562 T. Cooper Answere Def. Truth Pref. sig. E1v, in Apol. Priuate Masse One of the copies of this answere by occasion..lighted into my hands. c1585 R. Browne Answere to Cartwright 3 The prayers may be..left off by occasions: as when the Minister is to preach. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. i. 139 Nay I can gleeke, vpon occasion . View more context for this quotation a1649 J. Winthrop Hist. New Eng. (1853) II. 26 Mr. Peter by occasion preached one Lord's day. 1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 24 Petty Islands..which..environ, and in a sort defend her upon occasion. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 136. ⁋3 Upon occasion of the mention of the Battle of Pultowa, I could not forbear giving an Account [etc.]. 1803 T. Jefferson Let. 13 Jan. in Writings (1984) 1111 The agitation of the public mind on occasion of the late suspension of our right of deposit at N. Orleans is extreme. 1845 J. Lingard Hist. & Antiq. Anglo-Saxon Church (ed. 3) I. App. k. 407 On occasion of these grants it may not be amiss to add a few remarks. 1884 W. E. Norris Thirlby Hall ix She could be extremely generous upon occasion. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 197/1 Necessarily, the first and second naval lords work together, and upon occasion can replace each other. 1987 USA Today 14 Oct. 6/6 Publicity on occasion should be subordinate to concerns of privacy. < as lemmas |
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