occasion n. 1.(庆祝等的特殊)场合;(重大)时节,时刻。 2.机会;(适当的)时机〔O-〕,〔拟人语〕好机会。 3.原因,诱因,近因。 4.(怒、笑等的)根据,理由,必要。 5.〔pl.〕〔古语〕事,事务,工作,职业。 She was the occasion of the trouble. 她是纠纷的根源。 There is no occasion to be angry. 没有生气的理由。 one's lawful occasions 〔古语〕本职。 The national-day celebration was a great occasion. 国庆日庆祝仪式很盛大。 as occasion demands 遇必要时;及时。 for one's occasion 为某人。 for the occasion 临时。 give occasion to 引起,使发生。 have no occasion for 没有的根据。 have no occasion to (do) 没有…的理由[必要](I had no occasion to see him. 我没有会见他的必要)。 have occasion for 需要。 if the occasion arises [should arise]=should occasion arise 必要的时候。 improve the occasion 抓紧时机,乘机说教。 in honour of the occasion 为表示庆贺,为道贺。 on great occasions 在大庆[盛典]时期。 on [upon] occasion 有时,间或;遇必要时。 on one occasion 曾经,有一个时候。 on several occasions 屡次,好几次。 on the first occasion 一有机会。 on the occasion of 在…的时候,在…时。 on the present occasion 当时。 on this occasion 这一次。 rise to the occasion 起来对付;善处难局。 take [seize the] occasion to (do) 抓住…的好机会,乘机…。 vt. 惹起,引起。 His conduct occasions me great anxiety. 他的行动使我非常担心。
Swift had been as plain and as satirical, on occasion . 斯威夫特的文笔有时同样朴实,同样喜欢讽刺。
In fact the adjective is becoming a real necessity on occasion . 事实上,这个形容词有时确实是必不可少的。
But on occasions such as the present mr. plomacy came out strong . 可是遇到象当前这样盛大的时刻,普洛麦西先生总是十分得力的。
Makers of dictionaries are inevitably trapped on occasion into stating apparently eternal truths to which time later gives the lie . 词典编者有时不免自找麻烦地去说明某些表面看来系永恒的现象,但随后的岁月证实它们并非如此。
So retrogressive, in fact, was the new court that on occasion it tended to be blindly reactionary in cases involving economic and social policies . 实际上,这个新法院是如此倒退,以致在牵涉到经济和社会政策的诉讼中,它总是明目张胆地倾向于反动。
This sort of thing is usual on occasions like this 这类事情在这种场合是常见的。
Now he only goes to see his aunt on occasion 现在他只是偶尔去看看他的姑妈。
This sort of thing is usual on occasions like these 这种事情在此类场合中是寻常的。
I meet her on occasion at the club or in the theatre 我有时在俱乐部或剧院里遇到她。
He is not a wise man who cannot play the fool on occasion 不会偶尔装傻的人算不得聪明