occasion
美 [əˈkeɪʒ(ə)n] 
英 [ə'keɪʒ(ə)n]
- n.时机；理由；原因；某次
- v.使发生；造成；导致
- 网络场合；机会；时刻
词形变化
复数：occasions 现在分词：occasioning 过去式：occasioned 同义词
英汉双解
1. | [c] 某次；…的时候a particular time when sth happens |
| on this/that occasion 这次；那次 |
| I've met him on several occasions. 我曾见过他几次。 |
| I can remember very few occasions when he had to cancel because of ill health. 我记得他因为健康不佳而被迫取消的情况绝无仅有。 |
| They have been seen together on two separate occasions . 他们有两次被人看见在一起。 |
| On one occasion, she called me in the middle of the night. 有一次她深更半夜打电话给我。 |
| He used the occasion to announce further tax cuts. 他利用这个机会宣布再次减税。 |
2. | [c] 特别的事情（或仪式、庆典）a special event, ceremony or celebration |
| a great/memorable/happy occasion 伟大的╱难忘的╱欢乐的庆典 |
| Turn every meal into a special occasion . 要把每一顿饭都弄得特别一些。 |
| They marked the occasion(= celebrated it) with an open-air concert. 他们举办了露天音乐会来庆祝。 |
| Their wedding turned out to be quite an occasion. 他们的婚礼办得相当隆重。 |
| He was presented with the watch on the occasion of his retirement. 他在退休仪式上获赠这块手表。 |
3. | [sing] ~ (for sth/doing sth) 适当的机会；时机a suitable time for sth |
| It should have been an occasion for rejoicing, but she could not feel any real joy. 原本应该是高兴的时刻，她却丝毫未感到快乐。 |
| I'll speak to him about it if the occasion arises(= if I get a chance). 有机会的话，我要跟他谈谈这件事。 |
4. | [u][sing] 理由；原因a reason or cause |
| I've had no occasion to visit him recently. 我最近无缘去拜访他。 |
| Her death was the occasion of mass riots. 她的逝世引发了大规模的骚乱。 |
| I'm willing to go to court over this if the occasion arises(= if it becomes necessary) . 如果必要的话，我愿意就此出庭。 |
| The flight delay was occasioned by the need for a further security check. 这次航班的延误是由于必须做进一步的安全检查。 |
| The decision occasioned us much anxiety. 这个决定让我们忧虑不堪。 |
习惯用语
on occasion(s)
偶尔；偶然；有时sometimes but not often
| He has been known on occasion to lose his temper. 大家都知道他有时会发脾气。 |
英汉解释
英英解释
例句
On this occasion several of them told me that their lives had gotten better over the last seven years.
在这次聚会中，好几个人都告诉我，他们的生活在这七年中变得更好了。
Kenyon and a number of Chelsea executives are out in Seoul to make it a big occasion.
肯扬和一些切尔西的行政人员到了首尔，令这次场面变得更盛大。
For her to the occasion was exceptional, and she had undertaken to treat it by the light of the moment.
这邂逅在她说来是一次意外事件，她只能勉强应付一下。
I might have pais 'd ship loadings of corn; but I had no use for it; so I let as little grow as I thought enough for my occasion.
我可以生产出整船的粮食，可是这对我没有用处，我只要生产足够我吃用的粮食就行了。
I happened on one occasion to be spending a few days there, waiting for a ship, and I was introduced to him at the British Club.
有一次，我正好因为等船，要在那里呆几天，在英国俱乐部经人介绍与他相识。
It was on evening of ovation, and no one who was fortunate enough to be there is likely ever to forget that memorable occasion.
那晚上欢呼声不绝于耳，有幸到场观赏了演出的人们绝不会忘记那难忘的场面。
On such an occasion at the Glovers', the elder Miss Hancock turned to Edward and remarked upon his wife's admirable playing.
在格洛家里，每逢这种场合，两位汉考克小姐中年纪较大的那位便转向爱德华，评论他妻子的精彩弹奏。
Upon occasion, the chief justice would command Justice Story to check the window to see if it were raining.
有时，大法官就会让斯托里法官到窗户前，看看是否下雨。
If we had been luckier, if events had not taken told of us, there might have been no occasion for him to tell me.
如果我们走运些，如果我们没有碰上这些事，恐怕他就没必要告诉我了。
Just as you adapt your language to the audience and the occasion, so should you dress and groom appropriately.
正如你要使你的语言适应听众和当时的场合，你也应合适地穿戴打扮。
A leader should be able to articulate this purpose, to hold it up as a glowing beacon whenever the occasion demands.
一个领导者应该能够去构建这个目标，不管什么机会需要，都会将它作为一个指路明灯树立起来。
Hence the long continuance of the club, which I shall have frequent occasion to speak further of hereafter.
自组织以来，这个俱乐部的长久存在，我在后来将有很多的机会谈起。
When he is at the top of his game, he is unstoppable and a man for the big occasion.
一旦进入了比赛的最佳状态，他绝对无可阻挡，当之无愧的大场面先生。
This time there was to be no sanitiser and none of the condescension that Obama complained of on the first occasion.
这次将不再有消毒剂，也不再会有奥巴马所抱怨的他们初次见面时那种恩赐一样的态度。
His trenchant sense was never stopped by his rules of daily prudence, but was always up to the new occasion.
他那锋利的感觉从不会被日常的谨慎弄得愚钝，总是准备欢迎新情况。
As we Brits do not dine out every night of the week, eating in a restaurant is often seen as a special occasion.
英国人也不是每天晚上都出去吃的，因此去饭店吃饭就显得格外隆重。
A. at this moment, dare not to show up in the public occasion up to now.
这时李洪志在美国龟缩起来，直到现在不敢在公开场合露面。
Paul stayed with him on at least one occasion. (Acts 21 : 8) What a happy time of memories and fellowship they must have shared.
保罗到处宣教的时候，至少有一次与他同住（二十一8），他俩一定有许多美好的回忆和相交。
On another occasion, however, she said that "the duty of a judge is to follow the law, not to question its plain terms. "
然而她在另一个场合曾说“法官的职责是遵循法律，而非质疑其简明的措辞。”
"I had the fortune - though at the time I deemed it the misfortune - of rooming with him on one occasion, " he smiles, wryly.
“我很走运——不过那时候我觉得是倒霉——跟他住一起，”他笑着说。
Have you(got)(now, or on the occasion specified)time to come with me?
你有时间（指现在或某一特定时间）和我一起去吗？
This is a formal occasion, as he remembered just in time, and we will keep it that way.
他及时想起，这是一个正式场合，那我们就按正式场合的方式行事吧。
The fact that the nerve of the British Government was not equal to the occasion can be excused only by their sincere love of peace.
英国政府的胆力还跟不上当时的局势，这个事实就只能以他们对和平的热爱来为自己开脱了。
The generous intrepidity which had displayed on this occasion augmented the feeling of compassion which attended his fate.
他在这一时刻表现出来的慷慨和坚韧不拔的气概赢得更多的同情，大家更为关心他的命运。
No other man could be the occasion of such delightful aerial building as she had been enjoying for the last six month.
六个月以来她所享受的欢乐只是海市蜃楼，已一去不复返，任何别的男子都不能代替它。
This might be one occasion of the differences we began to have about this time.
这可能也是此时我们意见相左的开始。
She tried to think of another occasion in her life when she had deceived someone close to her.
她竭力回想自己是否还有欺骗过亲人的时候。
There seems to me at present to be great occasion for raising a United Party for Virtue.
在我看来，当前正是成立一个道德联合会的大好时机。
Mrs. Butler recollected that her husband was not possessed of the information necessary to form a judgement upon the occasion.
布特勒太太想她丈夫对这事所知有限，对这个问题也难以作出判断。
They called for a little address afterward, and I took the occasion to lecture them on their conduct.
事后，他们要我讲点话，我就趁这个机会对他们的行为教训了一顿。
It was a fine occasion.
这是一个令人兴奋的场合。
It will be prudent for you to deal less in mirth and more in friendship on this occasion.
在这种场合你还有兴趣开玩笑，应该友好一点才是。
In October, 1986, two former political adversaries reunited for a very special occasion in Atlanta, Georgia.
1986年10月，两位从前的政敌为了一个非常特别的原因在佐治亚州亚特兰大城又重在一起了。
King looked round at them all, and made an effort to rise to the occasion.
金看看大伙儿，并竭力应付好这个局面。
An ubiquitous virus, encephalomyocarditis, has been demonstrated upon occasion to affect swine.
曾经证实一种到处都有的病毒--脑心肌炎病毒偶尔侵害猪。
There was in fact a recognized tariff for the scout on such occasion.
事实上，遇到这种场合，总要给校工一笔小费。
His time and thoughts were thoroughly preoccupied, for he was looking forward to a unique occasion in his life.
他们的时间和他们的头脑完全被别的事情占据着；他正在期待他一生中最重要的时刻。
I had occasion to meet Miller, so I know how plausible and even amiable he could be.
我曾有机会见到米勒，所以知道他说话会多么娓娓动听，甚至非常和蔼可亲。
Mrs. Hall reserved her question for a better occasion.
霍尔夫人等有比较适当的机会时再谈她的问题。
This festival is a cheerful occasion.
这是个欢乐的节日。
Faisal was equal to the occasion.
费萨尔对此也毫不示弱。
He proved equal to the occasion.
他倒是很会应付这样一个场面。
One of its attractions was a printing press that was placed on the ice and used to knock up souvenir broadsides to mark the occasion.
集市上吸引人的一个地方之一就是放在冰上的一台印刷机，人们用这台机器来印出纪念性报纸，描述集市上的情形。
On one occasion he held up a list on television and said he would be checking who voted and who did not.
有一次，他甚至在电视上列了一个名单，说他会检查哪些家伙没投他的票。
After several brutal murders near his workplace, and being followed on occasion, he finally decided to leave the country.
不但他工作的地方附近发生了几单血腥谋杀，甚至连他本人有时也会受到跟踪，他最终决定离开这个国家。
One of the oddest episodes I remember was an occasion in which Thomas was drinking a Coke in his office.
我记得最离谱的一件事是在托马斯正在他办公室了喝咖啡的一个场合。
Clearly, it would not be fitting for me to take this occasion to present to you a unilateral American report on Bermuda.
无疑地，这不会适合我抓住在百慕大群岛作为一个美国人的演讲的集会来呈现给你。
This was no longer a social occasion; whatever innocence there had been had fled.
这已不再是一次单纯的交往，原有的闲情逸致烟消云散了。
Thought of it all, from our environmentally friendly no-spill bottle, to our custom labels for your business or next social occasion.
考虑周到，从我们环保的防溅瓶身，到为您商业或下一次社交活动定制的标签。
But by all accounts, he was allowed to watch TV, or at least a recording, for a special occasion just three weeks earlier.
但据大家说，三周前的一个特殊时刻，他被允许看电视，至少也是电视录像。
increasingly rich in their countries on the occasion, to see whether Chinese consumers could self-discipline is a very interesting thing.
在他们的国家越来越富有之际，看看中国消费者是否还能严于律己是件很有意思的事。
Deng said on the occasion that it might be better to let "future generations, which may be wiser" to tackle the sovereignty imbroglio.
邓小平当时还提到是否更应该让我们的子孙，也会是更加聪明的一代来处理这个主权纠纷。
Anna handed out her mother's favorite flowers, the white incarnations, on the occasion as they represent sweetness, purity, and patience.
安娜在仪式上发放了她母亲最喜爱的白色花朵，这是甜蜜，纯洁，耐心的化身。
My Forbes writing tends to be humorous on occasion, but not in the dark, vulgar way of the book.
我在福布斯的作品往往很幽默，但不是本书的那种灰暗、粗俗的方式。
Su: On one occasion, I fancy at the store a set of noble suits, can be said to put it down, the salesperson asked me whether or not to.
苏：有一次，我在商店看中一套高贵的西服，可谓爱不释手。营业员问我要不要。
Not that I have any occasion to tell you anything, for you know everything I know - as I told you at home the other night.
当然这不是因为我有必要告诉你什么，其实我懂的事你也都懂，这一点那个晚上在家中我就跟你说过了。
She was, for the occasion, a little too emphatic, perhaps, and yet more because of her burning vitality than of her costume.
她在当时也许过于显眼了些，可是这多半是由于她那如火如荼的生命力，而不是由于装束的关系。
Maybe you and I will eventually missing, but you know I had the occasion to the emotion you.
也许你我终将行踪不明，但你该知道我曾经因你动情。
I am not going to say who he was as he insisted that the occasion should be strictly off-the-record: for background only.
我不会透露他的姓名，因为他一再要求我不要把那次会面的内容写成文章发表：只能用于背景描述。
I noticed on that occasion how much selfishness there is even in a love like Mr Linton's, when he so regretted Catherine's blessed release!
在那时候，我注意到当林惇先生如此痛惜凯瑟琳的美满的超脱时，甚至在他那样的一种爱情里也存有多少自私成分！
It was the kind of occasion that warms the heart of a pastor.
这是种令人欣慰的场面，让牧师感到很温暖。
I would strengthen that faculty by every possible means, and of every possible occasion.
我要采取一切可能的办法，在一切可能的场合，增强记忆力。
