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Casual Occasion Opportunity Accident Latin Event Casus Chance

正面 3987.casual
英 ['kæʒjʊəl; -zj-]美 ['kæʒʊəl]

背面
释义:
adj. 随便的;非正式的;临时的;偶然的n. 便装;临时工人;待命士兵
例句:
1. I was wrong about it being a casual meeting.我误以为这是个非正式会议。

1、cas-由原始含义fall引申为:chance, occasion, opportunity; accident, event, case.2、from Latin casus "chance, occasion, opportunity; accident, event, case".3、cas- / casu- + -al.
casual 随意的来自词根cad, 掉落,词源同case, accident.
casual (adj.)late 14c., "subject to or produced by chance," from Middle French casuel (15c.), from Late Latin casualis "by chance," from Latin casus "chance, occasion, opportunity; accident, event" (see case (n.1)). Of persons, in the sense of "not to be depended on, unmethodical," it is attested from 1883; meaning "showing lack of interest" is from 1916. Of clothes, "informal," from 1939. Related: Casually."

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