occasion

occasion /ə'keiʤn/
  • danh từ
    • dịp, cơ hội
      • to profit by the occasion: nắm lấy cơ hội, nhân dịp
    • duyên cớ, lý do trực tiếp, lý do ngẫu nhiên
      • you have no occasion to be angry: anh chẳng có duyên cớ gì để cáu giận cả
    • (từ cổ,nghĩa cổ) công việc, công chuyện
    • to rise to the occasion
      • tỏ ra có khả năng ứng đối với tình hình
    • to take an occasion to do something
      • nhân một cơ hội làm một việc gì
    • to take occasion by the forelock
      • (xem) forelock
  • ngoại động từ
    • gây ra, sinh ra, là nguyên cớ
    • xui, xui khiến
      • to occasion someone to do something: xui ai làm việc gì

 cơ hội

Word families (Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs): occasion, occasional, occasionally


Xem thêm: juncture, affair, social occasion, function, social function



occasion

Từ điển Collocation

occasion noun

1 time when sth happens

ADJ. many, numerous It was the first of many such occasions. | rare | previous | separate

VERB + OCCASION recall, remember

PREP. on an/the ~ The police were called out on 24 separate occasions. | on ~(s) He has even been known to go shopping himself on occasion.

PHRASES a number of occasions I have stayed there on a number of occasions. | on one occasion On one occasion he even rang me in the middle of the night. | on that/this ~ On this occasion, as it happens, the engine started immediately.

2 suitable time

ADJ. right, suitable

OCCASION + VERB arise I'll speak to him if the occasion arises.

PREP. ~ for It should have been an occasion for rejoicing.

PHRASES have occasion to do sth Last year we had occasion to visit relatives in Cornwall.

3 special event

ADJ. auspicious, big, great, important, memorable, momentous, special | festive, happy, joyous | formal, sad, solemn | social | ceremonial, state The Queen's coach is only used for state occasions.

VERB + OCCASION celebrate, mark a party to mark the occasion of their daughter's graduation | rise to The choir rose to the occasion and sang beautifully.

PHRASES for all occasions, for every occasion We sell cards and notepaper for all occasions. | a sense of occasion On the day of the wedding there was a real sense of occasion.


Từ điển WordNet

    n.

  • an event that occurs at a critical time; juncture

    at such junctures he always had an impulse to leave

    it was needed only on special occasions

  • a vaguely specified social event; affair, social occasion, function, social function

    the party was quite an affair

    an occasion arranged to honor the president

    a seemingly endless round of social functions

  • reason

    there was no occasion for complaint

  • the time of a particular event

    on the occasion of his 60th birthday

  • an opportunity to do something

    there was never an occasion for her to demonstrate her skill

    v.

  • give occasion to

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

occasions|occasioned|occasioning
syn.: affair function juncture social function social occasion