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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   occasion

   • IPA[əˈkāZH(ə)n]

   美式

   • n.
     a particular time or instance of an event；a special or noteworthy event, ceremony, or celebration
   • v.
     cause (something)

   • noun: occasion, plural noun: occasions

2. • 釋義
   • 片語

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a particular time or instance of an event on one occasion I stayed up until two in the morning 同義詞 instance, time, moment, juncture, point, ... 更多event, happening, occurrence, affair, incident, episode, experience, situation, case, circumstance
   • ▪ a special or noteworthy event, ceremony, or celebration she was presented with a gold watch to mark the occasion 同義詞 social event, event, affair, function, celebration, ... 更多party, ceremony, get-together, gathering, informaldo, bash, rave-up, thrash, knees-up, jolly, beanfeast, bunfight, beano, lig
   • ▪ a suitable or opportune time for doing something elections are an occasion for registering protest votes 同義詞 opportunity, suitable/opportune time, right moment, chance, opening, ... 更多window
   • 2. formal reason; cause it's the first time that I've had occasion to complain 同義詞 reason, cause, call, grounds, justification, ... 更多need, necessity, requirement, excuse, pretext, stimulus, inducement, provocation, motive

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. formal cause (something) something vital must have occasioned this visit his death occasioned her much grief

   片語

   • on occasion
   • rise to the occasion
   • take occasion