occasion /ə”keiʤn/ danh từ dịp, cơ hộito profit by the occasion: nắm lấy cơ hội, nhân dịp duyên cớ, lý do trực tiếp, lý do ngẫu nhiênyou have no occasion to be angry: anh chẳng có duyên cớ gì để cáu giận cả (từ cổ,nghĩa cổ) công việc, công chuyệnto rise to the occasion tỏ ra có khả năng ứng đối với tình hìnhto take an occasion to do something nhân một cơ hội làm một việc gìto take occasion by the forelock (xem) forelock ngoại động từ gây ra, sinh ra, là nguyên cớ xui, xui khiếnto occasion someone to do something: xui ai làm việc gì cơ hội
Word families (Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs): occasion, occasional, occasionally
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.
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