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occasion的用法 1. [C] particular time ( at which an event takes place ) （事情发生的）时刻，时候，场合 on this / that occasion 此时 / 彼时 on the present occasion 在这次 on one occasion = once 有一次 on rare occasions 偶尔 I’ve met him on several occasions. 我见过他几次。 I was not at home on that occasion. 那时我正好不在家。 I only wear a tie on special occasions. 我只在特殊场合才打领带。 On one occasion he even rang me in the middle of the night. 有一次他甚至在午夜给我打电话。 On this occasion, as it happens, the engine started immediately. 2. suitable time for sth. ; opportunity 时机；机会 You should go there if the occasion arises. 如果有机会，你应当到那里去。 He used the occasion to express his gratitude. 他利用那机会表达了感激之情。 3. [ C ] special event or celebration 特殊的事件或庆典 The wedding was quite an occasion. 该婚礼是一盛会。 4. [ U ] 原因；理由；需要 I’ve had no occasion to visit him recently. 我最近无需去看他。 You have no occasion to be angry. 你没有理由生气。 There was no occasion to be so rude. 没有理由这样粗鲁。 5. 习语 a sense of occasion 场合意识 on occasion(s) 偶尔；必要时 on the occasion of her daughter’s wedding 在她女儿的婚礼上 e.g. He wore shabbiest clothes to the party: he hads no sense of occasion.他穿着最寒酸的衣服去参加聚会，毫无场合意识。 He has even been known to go shopping himself on occasion. 6. 区分： condition 指某时某处事情发展、存在的状况、状态，一个人的感觉如何。 situation 往往指一组情况或一些情况的综合。常译为情况、形势。 occasion 指某事发生的时刻或社交上从事某活动的合适的时机、场合、良机。 opportunity 指有做某事所必需的实际环境。 chance 指偶然的机会，也可指可能性。 e.g. I took the opportunity of visiting my aunt while I was in Beijing. 我利用在北京的机会探望了我的姨母。 Chances are that you will be promoted. 你很可能晋升。 7. occasion 作先行词，定语从句引导词： 如果occasion表示机会, 时间的话 就用when引导。 eg. Occasions are quite rare when I have the time to spend a day with my kids. 如果它翻译成场合，表示地点, 就用where引导。 eg. This is not an occasion for laughter, where you must take things seriously. It’s on the festival occasions _____ the family get together _____ he misses his late father. A. where; that B. which; when C. when; that D. that; that ( key: C ) 8. occasion前用介词at的例子： (1) Elizabeth II: the impression that the Queen should be wearing a crown fishes, but