英语词汇“occasion”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	occasion
释义	oc·ca·sion I. \əˈkāzhən\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English occasioun, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French occasion, from Latin occasion-, occasio, from occasus (past participle of occidere to fall down, from ob- + cadere to fall) + -ion-, -io -ion — more at chance 1. : a situation or set of circumstances favorable to a particular purpose or development : a timely chance : opportunity < rose to the occasion > < was equal to the occasion > < took occasion by the forelock > < only those living in exceptionally fortunate localities had occasion to grow surplus products — Samuel Van Valkenburg & Ellsworth Huntington > < while the new science has achieved wonders in medicine and surgery, it has also produced and spread occasions for diseases and weaknesses — John Dewey > 2. a. : something that produces an effect or brings about an event < a formula that has been the occasion for a considerable amount of misunderstanding — I.A.Richards > < any occasion which prompts a mind to ask some fundamental question — Hunter Mead > < an occasion of sin > b. : something that helps to bring about an event or produce an effect without directly causing it : a contributing or incidental cause < the birthday … was merely the occasion, not the cause, of the guests' effusions — Lillian Ross > < the specific occasion of the poem is not known — C.S.Kilby > < a casual mention of the house by a friend was the occasion of their buying it > < an inspiring teacher was the occasion of his great achievements in science > 3. : a circumstance, occurrence, or state of affairs that provides ground or reason for something < there is no occasion for alarm: it is a very mild illness > < his graduation with honors is occasion for celebration > 4. a. : a particular occurrence : happening, incident < well adapted for treatment as a row of detached episodes or occasions — Percy Lubbock > < everybody has been terribly kind since my recent sad occasion — Thomas Kelly > b. : a particular time at which something takes place : a time marked by some happening < on the occasion of his daughter's wedding > < on the occasion of the signing of the peace treaty > 5. a. : a need arising from a particular circumstance : exigency, requirement < there had been no occasion for being so definite — Sherwood Anderson > < knowledge for which he will never have any occasion — C.H.Grandgent > b. archaic : a personal want or need — usually used in plural < my purse, my person, my extremest means lie all unlock'd to your occasions — Shakespeare > 6. occasions plural : something that one has to do : necessary affairs : business < minded his own occasions and was content to let other folk mind theirs — S.H.Adams > < going about their lawful or unlawful occasions all over the seven seas — Douglas Bush > 7. a. : a religious ceremonial; specifically : a Scottish communion service b. : a special event or ceremony : celebration < he liked the occasion — the Changing of the Guard of St. James's Palace, parties, and balls, and such things as that — Basil Taylor > < sat in the big parlor as though this was an occasion — Agnes S. Turnbull > Synonyms: see cause, opportunity • - on occasion II. transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) 1. : to give occasion to : bring about : give rise to : cause < a violent storm occasioned a new delay of two weeks — Oscar Handlin > < social and commercial intercourse will occasion movement of language — Charlton Laird > 2. : to cause to do something < was almost at the end of his financial resources, which fact occasioned him to turn away from a pretentious hotel — Zane Grey >
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