Occasion

(noun.) reason; 'there was no occasion for complaint'.

(noun.) an opportunity to do something; 'there was never an occasion for her to demonstrate her skill'.

(noun.) the time of a particular event; 'on the occasion of his 60th birthday'.

(verb.) give occasion to.

编辑:塔比瑟

• The ice, you see, was broken between us--and I thought I would take care, on the next occasion, that Mr. Betteredge was out of the way. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• He had arranged to stop at Frizinghall that night, having occasion to consult his father on business. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• He's good enough for the occasion: when the people have made up their mind as they are making it up now, they don't want a man--they only want a vote. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• You must therefore allow me to follow the dictates of my conscience on this occasion, which leads me to perform what I look on as a point of duty. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• For your sake, turning to Charlotte, I am glad of it; but otherwise I see no occasion for entailing estates from the female line. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• The van der Luydens had done their best to emphasise the importance of the occasion. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• The pleasanter face which had replaced his, on the occasion of my last visit, answered to our summons, and went before us to the drawing-room. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• An undue love of Self leads to the most monstrous crimes and occasions the greatest misfortunes both in States and Families. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• On such occasions an interesting opportunity is offered to study Edison in his intense and constructive moods. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• As the idea of citizenship failed and faded before the new occasions, there remained no inner, that is to say no real, unity in the system at all. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Perhaps the skeleton in the cupboard comes out to be talked to, on such domestic occasions? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• His employment may, upon most occasions, be as constant as he pleases. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• I could not see how human beings could enjoy the sufferings of beasts, and often of men, as they seemed to do on these occasions. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Almost all states, however, ancient as well as modern, when reduced to this necessity, have, upon some occasions, played this very juggling trick. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The 'young gal' likewise occasioned me some uneasiness: not so much by neglecting to wash the plates, as by breaking them. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• I thought it best to hint, through the medium of a meditative look, that this might be occasioned by circumstances over which I had no control. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Almost every class of artificers is subject to some peculiar infirmity occasioned by excessive application to their peculiar species of work. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The poorness of the pasture had, in his opinion, occasioned the degradation of their cattle, which degenerated sensibly from me generation to another. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• His warning voice was unheard, for the din which the knight himself occasioned by his strokes upon the postern would have drowned twenty war-trumpets. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• This business afterward occasioned me a good deal of uneasiness. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• This was not so very easy a question to answer, and occasioned an Oh! 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• Mrs. Bagnet hurried us into a more secluded place and was at first too breathless to proceed, occasioning Mr. Bagnet to say, Old girl! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• I said nothing: I was afraid of occasioning some shock by declaring my identity. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• She was constantly complaining of the cold, and of its occasioning a visitation in her back which she called 'the creeps'. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• The adult uses his powers to transform his environment, thereby occasioning new stimuli which redirect his powers and keep them developing. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.

编辑:雷金纳德