1 N-COUNT 时刻;时候;时节;场合 An occasion is a time when something happens, or a case of it happening. 时刻;时候;时节;场合
SYN time, moment, point, stage
2 N-COUNT 重大活动;仪式;庆典 An occasion is an important event, ceremony, or celebration. 重大活动;仪式;庆典
SYN function, event, affair, do [informal]
3 N-COUNT 机会;时机 An occasion for doing something is an opportunity for doing it. 机会;时机 [formal]
SYN opportunity, chance, time, opening
4 VERB 导致;引起;使发生 To occasion something means to cause it. 导致;引起;使发生 [formal]
SYN cause, begin, produce, create
5 See also: sense of occasion
6 PHRASE 有必要(做);需要(做) If you have occasion to do something, it is necessary for you to do it. 有必要(做);需要(做)
7 PHRASE 偶尔;间或;有时 If something happens on occasion, it happens sometimes, but not very often. 偶尔;间或;有时
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He treated them seriously and, on occasion, entertained them hilariously.
他对待他们严肃认真,偶尔又逗得他们捧腹不已。
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He translated not only from the French but also, on occasion, from the Polish.
他不仅做法文翻译,有时也做些波兰语翻译。
SYN occasionally, sometimes, at times, from time to time
8 PHRASE 成功应付困难局面;关键时刻发挥作用 If you say that someone rose to the occasion, you mean that they did what was necessary to successfully overcome a difficult situation. 成功应付困难局面;关键时刻发挥作用
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Inverness, however, rose to the occasion in the second half, producing some of the best football they have played for some time.
然而,因弗内斯队在下半场经受住了考验,踢出了很长一段时间以来的最佳水平。
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ADJ. | festive occasion, historic occasion, rare occasion, solemn occasion, special occasion 1 2 |
VERB. | mark an occasion 2 rise to an occasion 8 |
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