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oc·ca·sion AHD[ə-kāʹzhən] D.J.[əˈkeɪʒən]K.K.[əˈkeʒən]n.（名词）- An event or a happening; an incident.场合：重大的事件；事故
- The time at which an event occurs.这种事件发生的时刻
- A significant event.重要的事件
- A favorable or appropriate time or juncture; an opportunity.See Synonyms at opportunity 机会，时机：一个有利的或合适的时间或时机；机会 参见 opportunity
- Something that brings on or precipitates an action, a condition, or an event, especially the immediate cause.See Synonyms at cause 诱因：使促成或加速行动、状况或事件进程的事物，尤指立即造成的 参见 cause
- Something that provides a reason or justification; a ground.理由：提供理由或口实的事物；依据
- A need created by a particular circumstance:需要：一种由特定环境而引起的需要："He must buy what he has little occasion for"(Laurence Sterne)“他必须买他不太需要的东西”(劳伦斯·斯特内)
- A large or important social gathering.盛大场面：一个大型或重要的社会集会
- occasions Archaic Personal requirements or necessities. occasions 【古语】 个人的要求或必需品
v.tr.（及物动词）oc.ca.sioned, oc.ca.sion.ing, oc.ca.sions - To provide occasion for; cause:引起：为…提供场合；引起："The year's annual reports occasion an especially revealing glimpse of how corporations lend . . . embellishment to the stark numbers of the comptroller's office"(Mark Muro)“这一年的年度报告使人们看到公司是怎样对审计室里刻板的数字进行修饰的”(马克·穆罗)
on occasion - From time to time; now and then.偶尔：间断地；不时地
- Middle English 中古英语
- from Old French 源自 古法语
- from Latin occāsiō occāsiōn- 源自 拉丁语 occāsiō occāsiōn-
- from occāsus [past participle of] occidere [to fall] 源自 occāsus occidere的过去分词 [落下]
- ob- [down] * see ob- ob- [在…下] * 参见 ob-
- cadere [to fall] * see kad- cadere [落] * 参见 kad-
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