词汇精选:occasion的用法和辨析
一、详细释义:
n.
场合,时刻,重大活动,盛典 [C]
例句:
On an occasion such as this, we are privileged to welcome Mr Wang.
在这样重要的场合,我们有幸能欢迎王先生的到来。
例句:
A funeral is a sombre occasion.
葬礼现场是个忧郁的场合。
时机,机会
例句:
I cannot let the occasion pass without expressing my emphatic condemnation of your offense.
我不能错过对于你的罪行进行强烈谴责的时机。
例句:
He seized the occasion to invite her home for dinner.
他抓住机会邀请她回家里吃饭。
起因,近因
例句:
The real cause of the riot was unclear, but the occasion was the arrest of two men.
骚乱的真正原因不明,但起因是由於逮捕了两名男子。
例句:
Her departure was the occasion of much sadness.
她的离别是令人十分悲伤的起因。
理由,需要 [U]
例句:
We have had occasion to deal with members of the group on a variety of charges.
我们有理由以多项罪名起诉该组织的成员。
例句:
You have no occasion to buy another car.
你没有必要再买一辆汽车。
v.
引起,惹起 [T]
例句:
His rude behavior occasioned a quarrel.
他的无礼行为引起了一场争吵。
二、词义辨析:
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。
三、相关短语:
on occasion
偶尔,有时,间或,必要时
四、参考例句:
The occasion requires formal dress.
这场合要求穿礼服。
The occasion calls for prompt action.
这场合需要迅速的行动。
A funeral is a sombre occasion.
葬礼现场是个忧郁的场合。
He improved the occasion to learn French.
他利用机会学法语。
A funeral is a sombre occasion.
葬礼现场是个忧郁的场合。
It gave occasion to a new fashion.
它引领了新时尚潮。
On this occasion the lodge sent a carriage.
为了当晚的演出,支部派了马车来接她。
Enthusiastic applause lent a sense of occasion to the proceedings.
热烈的掌声给活动平添了几分隆重的色彩。
I found the formality of the occasion irritating.
我觉得这种场合的繁文缛节十分讨厌。
He took the occasion to drop it without further discussion.
他借机搪塞,不作进一步讨论。