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occasional

【英英释义】

adj. occasional means happening sometimes, but not regularly or often. 偶尔的，间或的，有时发生的  usu ADJ n

happening sometimes but not often or regularly

【词义深度解析】

occasion是名词，有很多个意思，比如“场合，时机，特别时刻”。形容词形式occasional意思比较单一，是“偶尔的”，常用，好用。副词形式occasionally。当我们想要表达某个现象偶然才出现或某个事件偶然才发生，可以用occasional或occasionally替代sometimes, from time to time, every now and then。

【例句学习】

1. Johnny Chan is a formidable poker player and only loses very occasionally.

formidable (great or impressive, often frightening) adj. 可怕的，令人敬畏的

2. Although I am well traveled, I have mostly visited different parts of my own country. I have traveled abroad only occasionally. / Although I am well traveled, I have mostly visited different parts of my own country and have made only occasional overseas trips.

3. An occasional plane passes overhead, perhaps to La Guardian, perhaps to JFK. La Guardia和JFK是纽约的两大机场。

4. He occasionally regretted the shame he had brought on his family, but for his victims and their relatives he felt nothing. 他偶尔会为他带给家庭的耻辱而悔恨，但对于受害者以及受害者的家人却毫无负罪感。

【词汇运用】

1.翻译：露西擅长山水画，偶尔也画画油画。

Lucy is good at landscape painting, but occasionally she does oil painting. （自己）

Lucy is especially good at traditional Chinese landscape painting, but occasionally she does oils too. / Though an expert on traditional Chinese landscape painting, Lucy does occasional oil painting too. （参考翻译）

分析：我的翻译省略用的不好。形容词形式掌握不好。

2.生活场景应用

Even though she is busy, she occasionally exercises in the gym near her office./ even though she is busy, she takes occasional exercise in the gym near her office.

occasional什么意思

occasional偶然的；临时的；不时的

He's someone I have an occasional chat and joke with.

我偶然跟他闲聊，一起说笑话。

An occasional outburst of anger creates wrinkles on the face.

一次愤怒的偶然爆发会在脸部产生皱纹。

He is only an occasional workman.

他只是个临时雇工。

He now **okes only an occasional ceremonial cigar.

他现在只是为了应酬偶尔抽根雪茄。

occasional是什么意思

occasional

偶尔

双语对照

词典结果：

occasional

[英][əˈkeɪʒənl][美][əˈkeʒənəl]

adj.偶尔的，不经常的; 特殊场合的; 临时的;

以上结果来自金山词霸

例句:

1.

An occasional patient may remain ill for two to three weeks.

偶尔有病人可能会保持两到三周时间。

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1. 这是个什么词？

词：occasional

英英释义：happening sometimes but not often or regularly

例句：Although I am well traveled, I have mostly visited different parts of my own country and have made only occasional overseas trips.

2. 为什么选这个词？

名词“occasion”有很多个意思，比如“场合” “时机” “特别时刻”等。它的形容词“occasional”意思比较单一，是“偶尔的”，常用、好用，值得掌握。它的副词“occasionally”（“偶尔地”）也可以顺便收入囊中。当我们想表达某个现象偶然才出现或某个事件偶然才发生时，除了使用 sometimes, from time to time, every now and then 之外，还可以使用 “occasional”和“occasionally”，尤其是在书面表达中。

看几个例子。 华裔美国德州扑克高手 Johnny Chan 胜率极高，偶尔才会输给对手，就可以说：

Johnny Chan is a formidable poker player and only loses very occasionally.

再比如，笔者去过不少地方，但很多都是国内的各个省份，时不时才去国外旅行一次，就可以说：

Although I am well traveled, I have mostly visited different parts of my own country. I have traveled abroad only occasionally.

或

Although I am well traveled, I have mostly visited different parts of my own country and have made only occasional overseas trips.

《经济学人》在一篇写纽约的 Christmas special 文章中有这么一句：

An occasional plane passes overhead, perhaps to La Guardia, perhaps to JFK.（La Guardia 和 JFK 是纽约市的两大机场。）

《经济学人》有一篇讣告写的是一个暴徒，里面有这么一句：

He occasionally regretted the shame he had brought on his family, but for his victims and their relatives he felt nothing.

3. 怎样学会使用这个词？

1）翻译下面的句子：

露西擅长山水画，偶尔也画画油画。

（参考翻译：Lucy is especially good at traditional Chinese landscape painting, but occasionally she does oils too. 或 Though an expert on traditional Chinese landscape painting, Lucy does occasional oil painting too. ）

造句:

*My daughter reads early every day, and occasionally gets up late.

*Though a lover of yellow wine ,my father occasionally drinks white wine.