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occasional adj.偶然的；临时的；不时的 (1) 我偶然跟他闲聊，一起说笑话。(2) 一次愤怒的偶然爆发会在脸部产生皱纹。(3) 纯粹由于偶然的机会，他在一家二手书店里找到了那本绝版的书.(4) 他只是个临时雇工。(5) 他现在只是为了应酬偶尔抽根雪茄。 Occasional is a few steps removed from the Latin cadere, "to fall." So you might think of something occasional as something that happens "to fall" just whenever it happens to fall. Speaking of falling, Voltaire once wrote, "The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination." An occasional election might do in a pinch.

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英 [ə'keɪʒənl] 美 [ə'keɪʒənl] (1) He's someone I have an occasional chat and joke with.(2) An occasional outburst of anger creates wrinkles on the face.(3) All in a occasional chance, he got the out-of-print book in a secondhand bookstore.(4) He is only an occasional workman.(5) He now smokes only an occasional ceremonial cigar. When something happens from time to time on an irregular basis, we say it is an occasional occurrence. For example, you might have an occasional lunch with a friend. If your friend ever picked up the bill, maybe it would happen more often. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]偶尔的；间或的；有时发生的 Occasional means happening sometimes, but not regularly or often.   [usu ADJ n]I've had occasional mild headaches all my life...间或发作的轻微头疼困扰了我一辈子。Esther used to visit him for the occasional days and weekends.埃丝特过去会偶尔在周末或别的日子来探望他。occasionallyHe still misbehaves occasionally...他偶尔还是会行为不端。I'll occasionally go to a local jazz evening with a friend.我有时会跟朋友去参加当地的爵士乐之夜。

英语单词	occasional
英美音标	英 [ə'keɪʒənl] 美 [ə'keɪʒənl]
中文释义	adj.偶然的；临时的；不时的
英语例句	(1) He's someone I have an occasional chat and joke with. (2) An occasional outburst of anger creates wrinkles on the face. (3) All in a occasional chance, he got the out-of-print book in a secondhand bookstore. (4) He is only an occasional workman. (5) He now smokes only an occasional ceremonial cigar.
中文例句	(1) 我偶然跟他闲聊，一起说笑话。 (2) 一次愤怒的偶然爆发会在脸部产生皱纹。 (3) 纯粹由于偶然的机会，他在一家二手书店里找到了那本绝版的书. (4) 他只是个临时雇工。 (5) 他现在只是为了应酬偶尔抽根雪茄。
vocabulary简明	When something happens from time to time on an irregular basis, we say it is an occasional occurrence. For example, you might have an occasional lunch with a friend. If your friend ever picked up the bill, maybe it would happen more often.
vocabulary扩展	Occasional is a few steps removed from the Latin cadere, "to fall." So you might think of something occasional as something that happens "to fall" just whenever it happens to fall. Speaking of falling, Voltaire once wrote, "The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination." An occasional election might do in a pinch.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]偶尔的；间或的；有时发生的 Occasional means happening sometimes, but not regularly or often. [usu ADJ n] I've had occasional mild headaches all my life... 间或发作的轻微头疼困扰了我一辈子。 Esther used to visit him for the occasional days and weekends. 埃丝特过去会偶尔在周末或别的日子来探望他。 occasionally He still misbehaves occasionally... 他偶尔还是会行为不端。 I'll occasionally go to a local jazz evening with a friend. 我有时会跟朋友去参加当地的爵士乐之夜。

Occasional Time Friend 英 ə'Keɪʒənl] 美 ə'Keɪʒənl Adj.偶然的；临时的；不时的 I