rise to the occasion

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To show resolve or effectiveness in dealing with a difficulty. idiomatic
    — Gabriel, though one of the quietest and most gentle men on earth, rose to the occasion, with martial promptness and vigour. "That's my fist. . . . Now — the first man in the parish that I hear prophesying bad of our mistress, why" (here the fist was raised and let fall as Thor might have done with his hammer in assaying it) — "he'll smell and taste that."
  2. To achieve an erection of the penis. euphemistic,humorous,idiomatic
    — To his comic fury and shame, the traveller's 'master part' fails to rise to the occasion, and the girl's innocence is preserved.

词形变化

rises to the occasion present,singular,third-person rising to the occasion participle,present rose to the occasion past risen to the occasion participle,past
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