单词 | occasion |
例句 | occasion noun 1.•a previous occasion:time, instance, moment, juncture, point | event, occurrence, affair, incident, episode, experience | situation, case, circumstance. 2.•a family occasion:social event, event, affair, function, celebration, party, get-together, gathering | informal do, bash. 3.•I doubt if the occasion will arise:opportunity, right moment, opportune time, chance, opening, window. 4.•it's the first time I've had occasion to complain:reason, cause, call, grounds, justification, need, motive, inducement.▶verb •her situation occasioned a good deal of sympathy:cause, give rise to, bring about, result in, lead to, prompt, elicit, call forth, evoke, make for, produce, create, arouse, generate, engender, precipitate, provoke, stir up, inspire, spark (off), trigger | literary beget. PHRASES on occasion See |
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