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单词 occurrence
释义 oc·cur·rence
\əˈkər.ən(t)s also əˈkə̄rə-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: probably from occurrent (I), after such pairs as English abstinent : abstinence
1. : something that takes place; especially : something that happens unexpectedly and without design : happening
 < a happy occurrence >
 < a disastrous occurrence >
 < an unusual occurrence >
2.
 a. : the action or process of happening or taking place
  < the occurrence of a genuine dispute — R.M.Dawson >
 b. : the action or process of being met with or coming into view : appearance
  < the occurrence of mammal remains falls sharply throughout the summer — Ecology >
  < a fish of regular occurrence along the southern coast of California >
  : the fact of being met with or of taking place
3. : the presence of a natural form or material at a particular place; also : the mineral, rock, or deposit thus occurring
 < evidence of oil occurrence >
 < the occurrence of shallow coal beds in this region >
4. : the occurring of Christian festivals
Synonyms:
 incident, episode, event, circumstance: occurrence is a general term for taking place or happening and lacks much connotational range; it may suggest a happening without plan, intent, or volition
  < occurrences which we not only do not, but cannot perceive — Bertrand Russell >
  incident may suggest either a trivial happening unworthy of attention or a more consequential or unusual happening having some effect
  < his unexpected appearances and disappearances were incidents in the house — Willa Cather >
  < the faculty for myth … seizes with avidity upon any incidents, surprising or mysterious — W.S.Maugham >
  episode stresses the notion that the occurrence in question has an apartness or unity by itself, with no implication about the significance, or lack of it, of the occurrence
  < the dumb creation lives a life made up of discrete and mutually irrelevant episodes — Aldous Huxley >
  event is more likely than others in this set to suggest a happening or occurrence of moment or significance or a happening logically ensuing from or giving rise to another happening
  < assassination was an event of daily occurrence — T.B.Macaulay >
  < it is, in fact, almost a routine incident in a distinguished career. In the case of Mark Twain it became a historic event — Van Wyck Brooks >
  < events acting upon us in unexpected, abrupt, and violent ways — John Dewey >
  circumstance in the general sense here involved indicates specific or detailed incident
  < stood reflecting on the circumstances of the preceding hours — Thomas Hardy >
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