occasion

英 [ə'keɪʒn] 美 [ə'keɪʒn]

• n. 场合；时机；理由；机会；盛大场面
• vt. 引起；致使

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]时刻,时候

   a time when sth happens

2. [S]机会,时机

   a suitable or favorable time

3. [C]特殊场合; 庆典

   a special event or ceremony

4. [S]原因,理由

   a direct cause or reason

v. (动词)

1. vt. 惹起,引起

   cause

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 时机，机会
2. 场合
3. 时刻，时间，时节
4. 近因，起因，原因，诱因
5. 需要，必要
6. 重大活动，盛典
7. 事务，事
8. 工作，职业

v. 动词

1. 引起，惹起，造成，致使，导致
2. 赢得
3. 是...之源
4. 使发生

英英释义

Noun:

1. an event that occurs at a critical time;

   "at such junctures he always had an impulse to leave"
   "it was needed only on special occasions"
   

2. a vaguely specified social event;

   "the party was quite an affair"
   "an occasion arranged to honor the president"
   "a seemingly endless round of social functions"
   

3. reason;

   "there was no occasion for complaint"
   

4. the time of a particular event;

   "on the occasion of his 60th birthday"
   

5. an opportunity to do something;

   "there was never an occasion for her to demonstrate her skill"
   

Verb:

1. give occasion to

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. I only wear a tie on special occasions.
   我只在特殊场合才打领带。
2. This is not an occasion for laughter.
   这不是笑的时候.
3. There was no occasion for you to be so rude.
   你没有理由这样粗鲁。
4. This will be an occasion for us all to make a new start.
   这是我们大家重新开始的好机会。
5. The prince's wedding was quite an occasion.
   王子的婚礼可真是一场盛会。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. What occasioned his angry protest is the rival's deliberate and cynical foul.
   对手的恶意犯规引起他的愤怒反抗。
2. Stephen's behaviour occasioned his parents much anxiety.
   斯蒂芬的行为使其父母十分担心。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. This is a gala occasion.
   这是一个欢乐的时刻。
2. I want to take this occasion to thank you.
   我想借此机会向你表示感谢。
3. We can't forfeit the occasion.
   我们不能失去这个机会。
4. I only wear a tie on special occasions.
   我只有在特殊的场合才系领带。
5. His remark was the occasion of a bitter quarrel.
   他的话引起一场激烈的争吵。
6. There was no occasion to do so.
   没有理由这样做。

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. Who occasioned his angry?
   谁惹他生气了?

用作双宾动词

S+～+ pron./n. + n./pron.

1. The thing has occasioned us a lot of trouble.
   这件事给我们带来很大麻烦。

经典引文

• First of all I must take the occasion To wish Miss Angel every happiness.

  出自： T. S. Eliot

• A book which, even in those days, occasioned some controversy.

  出自： H. J. Laski

• This curiosity from a bystander occasioned them some surprise.

  出自： F. Tuohy

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

by occasion of

因为because of

on occasion

有时,间或from time to time

rise to the occasion

能够应付show that one can deal with a difficult situation when it happens

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• celebrate an occasion 庆祝某个时刻
• choose one's occasion 选择时机
• fit the occasion 适合这种场合
• take occasion 利用机会

形容词+～

• formal occasion 正式场合
• auspicious occasion 吉祥的时刻
• the big occasion 大庆的日子

介词+～

• by the occasion 利用这个机会
• on one occasion 在一个时刻
• upon every occasion 一有机会

～+介词

• occasion for laughter 笑的场合

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• occasion trouble 引起麻烦

词语用法

1. 当occasion要表达“在……情况，场合下”的意思时，前面应与英语介词on搭配。

   I met strangers on that occasion.
   在那次我遇见了一些陌生人。

2. on occasion还有“偶尔地”的意思。

   I call on him on occasion.
   我偶尔去拜访他。

3. have occasion to…表示“有……的必要”，have no/little occasion to表示“没有……的必要”。此时occasion前面不能用冠词an或the。

   I have no occasion to see him these days.
   我最近没必要见他。

4. occasion指“机会”时，有“take occasion to…”的用法，表达“趁着机会做…”的意思。其反义词则是“not take occasion to…”，表示“不趁着……”。这里occasion前不能用冠词an或the；
5. 当occasion用作动词表示“引起”，“致使”时，可用双宾语结构。

   His long silence occasions me great anxiety.
   他漫长的沉默让我焦虑不已。

词义辨析

n. (名词)

occasion, chance, opportunity

• 这组词都有“机会”“机遇”“运气”的意思。其区别在于:
• 1.chance常与opportunity互换使用,但occasion常指一般性的机会,而opportunity则多指特殊的机会。
• 2.chance含有侥幸的意味,而opportunity则含有期待的意味。chance常表示可能性,而opportunity则无此义。例如:
• I had no chance〔opportunity〕 to see him.我没有机会见到他。
• They had no chance〔opportunity〕 to escape.他们没有逃跑的机会。
• He has few occasions to speak English.他很少有机会讲英语。
• I never miss a chance〔an opportunity〕 of playing football.我从不放弃踢足球的机会。
• Chance plays an important part in many card games.在很多纸牌游戏中,运气起着重要的作用。
• The chances are ten to one that we will win.我们获胜的可能性是10比1。

chance，opportunity，occasion

• 这些名词均含“机会”之意。
• chance侧重指偶然或意外的机会，有时也指正常或好的机会。
• opportunity侧重指有利或适合于采取行动，以达到某一目的或实现某种愿望的最佳时机或机会。
• occasion指特殊时机或良机，也指时节。

词源解说

• ☆ 14世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自古法语的occasion；最初源自拉丁语的occasionem，意为掉在一起。

近反义词

【近义词】

• chance
• occurrence
• time