occasion
n. 场合, 时机, 机会, 诱因, 理由 vt. 惹起, 引起
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时机，机会；场合；理由
引起，惹起
释义与例句
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1.
A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance.
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机会
可数 不可数At this point, she seized the occasion to make her own observation.
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2.
The time when something happens.
时机
可数 不可数On this occasion, I'm going to decline your offer, but next time I might agree.
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3.
An occurrence or state of affairs which causes some event or reaction; a motive or reason.
可数 不可数I had no occasion to feel offended, however.
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Something which causes something else; a cause.
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An occurrence or incident.
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A particular happening; an instance or time when something occurred.
可数 不可数I could think of two separate occasions when she had deliberately lied to me.
a momentous occasion in the history of South Africa
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7.
A need; requirement, necessity.
可数 不可数I have no occasion for firearms.
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A special event or function.
可数 不可数Having people round for dinner was always quite an occasion at our house.
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A reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion.
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To cause; to produce; to induce
及物It is seen that the mental changes are occasioned by a change of polarity.
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From Middle English occasioun, from Middle French occasion, from Old French occasiun, from Latin occāsiōnem, noun of action from perfect passive participle occāsus, from verb occidō, from prefix ob- (“down", "away”) + verb cadō (“fall”).
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