occasion 音标拼音: [ək'eʒən]
n . 场合,时机,机会,诱因,理由
vt . 致使,惹起,引起
场合,时机,机会,诱因,理由致使,惹起,引起
occasion n 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 " [
synonym : {
juncture }, {
occasion }]
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 " [
synonym : {
affair },
{
occasion }, {
social occasion }, {
function }, {
social function }]
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 "
v 1 :
give occasion to Occasion \
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{
Occasioned } ([
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pr . &
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n .
{
Occasioning }.] [
Cf .
F .
occasionner .]
To give occasion to ;
to cause ;
to produce ;
to induce ;
as ,
to occasion anxiety . --
South .
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If we inquire what it is that occasions men to make several combinations of simple ideas into distinct modes . --
Locke .
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Occasion \
Oc *
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n . [
F .
occasion ,
L .
occasio ,
fr .
occidere ,
occasum ,
to fall down ;
ob (
see {
Ob -})
cadere to fall .
See {
Chance },
and cf . {
Occident }.]
1 .
A falling out ,
happening ,
or coming to pass ;
hence ,
that which falls out or happens ;
occurrence ;
incident ;
event .
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The unlooked -
for incidents of family history ,
and its hidden excitements ,
and its arduous occasions .
--
I .
Taylor .
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2 .
A favorable opportunity ;
a convenient or timely chance ;
convenience .
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Sin ,
taking occasion by the commandment ,
deceived me . --
Rom .
vii .
11 .
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I '
ll take the occasion which he gives to bring Him to his death . --
Waller .
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3 .
An occurrence or condition of affairs which brings with it some unlooked -
for event ;
that which incidentally brings to pass an event ,
without being its efficient cause or sufficient reason ;
accidental or incidental cause .
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Her beauty was the occasion of the war . --
Dryden .
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4 .
Need ;
exigency ;
requirement ;
necessity ;
as ,
I have no occasion for firearms .
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After we have served ourselves and our own occasions . --
Jer .
Taylor .
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When my occasions took me into France . --
Burke .
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5 .
A reason or excuse ;
a motive ;
a persuasion .
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Whose manner was ,
all passengers to stay ,
And entertain with her occasions sly . --
Spenser .
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{
On occasion },
(
a )
in case of need ;
in necessity ;
as convenience requires . "
That we might have intelligence from him on occasion ," --
De Foe .
(
b )
occasionally ;
from time to time ;
now and then .
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Syn :
Need ;
incident ;
use .
See {
Opportunity }.
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153 Moby Thesaurus words for "
occasion ":
a leg up ,
advantage ,
adventure ,
affair ,
antecedent ,
antecedents ,
author ,
bare necessities ,
base ,
basis ,
bear ,
beget ,
break ,
breed ,
bring about ,
bring forth ,
bring on ,
bring to effect ,
bring to pass ,
call ,
call for ,
call forth ,
call up ,
causation ,
cause ,
cause and effect ,
celebration ,
ceremony ,
chance ,
circumstance ,
clear stage ,
commemoration ,
conceive ,
condition ,
conjuncture ,
contingency ,
create ,
demand ,
demand for ,
desideration ,
desideratum ,
determinant ,
determinative ,
do ,
effect ,
effectuate ,
element ,
elicit ,
engender ,
episode ,
essential ,
essentials ,
establish ,
etiology ,
event ,
eventuality ,
evoke ,
excuse ,
experience ,
fact ,
factor ,
fair field ,
fair game ,
father ,
found ,
foundation ,
function ,
gala ,
generate ,
gestate ,
give birth to ,
give occasion to ,
give origin to ,
give rise to ,
go ,
ground ,
grounds ,
hap ,
happening ,
happenstance ,
impel ,
impulse ,
inaugurate ,
incident ,
incitement ,
indispensable ,
induce ,
inducement ,
institute ,
juncture ,
justification ,
liberty ,
look -
in ,
make ,
make for ,
matter of fact ,
milestone ,
moment ,
must ,
must item ,
necessaries ,
necessities ,
necessity ,
need ,
need for ,
obligation ,
observance ,
occasionally ,
occurrence ,
on occasion ,
opening ,
opportunism ,
opportunity ,
originate ,
particular ,
party ,
phenomenon ,
place ,
prerequirement ,
prerequisite ,
principle ,
produce ,
prompt ,
prompting ,
provocation ,
provoke ,
reality ,
realize ,
reason ,
requirement ,
requisite ,
requisition ,
right ,
room ,
scope ,
set afloat ,
set on foot ,
set up ,
shot ,
show ,
sire ,
squeak ,
stepping -
stone ,
stimulus ,
the necessary ,
the needful ,
thing ,
time ,
turn of events ,
want ,
warrant ,
work ,
work up
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