occasion

英[ə'keiʒən]美[ə'keʒən]

n.
1.[C]场合，时刻；重大活动，盛典
2.时机，机会(+for)
3.起因，近因(+of)
4.[U]理由；需要(+for)(+to-v)
v.
1.[T]引起；惹起

同：	[n.] affair, function, juncture, social function

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。

And, in spite of the blankness of the season and the triteness of the occasion, there was no trace in the company of that fatigued restlessness.
尽管节气令人扫兴，而聚会又是司空见惯的老一套，但却看不到大家有任何厌倦烦躁的表示。收藏
What was the occasion of this excited assemblage?
为什么要开这个大会呢？收藏
On an occasion such as this we are privileged to welcome...
在这样重要的场合,我们有幸能欢迎...收藏
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。收藏
On some semi-official occasion or other, I do not recollect what, Count [this senator] and M. Myriel were to dine with the prefect
不知是在举行什么半官式典礼时，那位伯爵(就是那位元老)和米里哀先生都应在省长公馆里参加宴会。收藏

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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
[同] juncture, occasion
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
[同] function, affair, occasion, social function, social occasion

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