单词 | occasionally |
释义 | occasionally (once / 139 pages) adv Something that happens occasionally doesn't happen all the time, just every once in a while. You play poker occasionally just to remind yourself that you always lose. The adverb occasionally is good for things that happen every now and then. You get tired of the cold occasionally, but the snow is lovely. Occasionally, you think of your long lost love, but never write. The idea comes to you occasionally that you should move somewhere with more people and warmer weather. I worry about you occasionally. WORD FAMILYoccasional: occasionally+/occasion: occasional, occasioned, occasioning, occasions USAGE EXAMPLESOccasionally, the drugs provoke a severe auto-immune response, resulting in potential toxicities including inflammatory lung, liver and thyroid disorders. Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) After that, we bumped into each other occasionally on the street, spending a few minutes catching up. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) The underlying absurdity of those shows was redoubled through his lens, occasionally in the form of magical realism. Salon(Jan 02, 2017) adv now and then or here and there he was arrogant and occasionally callous open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of trees Syn at times, from time to time, now and again, now and then, on occasion, once in a while |
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