occasion

IPA（発音記号）

/əˈkeɪʒən/

名詞

可算名詞不可算名詞廃用

A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance. / The time when something happens. / An occurrence or state of affairs which causes some event or reaction; a motive or reason.

日本語の意味

好都合な機会、チャンス（良い機会） / 出来事、事象（何かが起こる時刻や状況） / 動機や理由となる事象、出来事

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When a rare occasion arose to present her research to the director, she prepared a concise and persuasive summary.

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取締役に研究を発表するというめったにない好機が訪れたとき、彼女は簡潔で説得力のある概要を用意した。

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意味（1）

A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance.

At this point, she seized the occasion to make her own observation.

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意味（2）

The time when something happens.

And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them.

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意味（3）

An occurrence or state of affairs which causes some event or reaction; a motive or reason.

I had no occasion to feel offended, however.

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意味（4）

Something which causes something else; a cause.

it were too vile to say, and scarce to be beleeved, what we endured: but the occasion was our owne, for want of providence, industrie and government ….

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意味（5）

(obsolete) An occurrence or incident.

意味（6）

A particular happening; an instance or time when something occurred.

I could think of two separate occasions when she had deliberately lied to me.

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意味（7）

Need; requirement, necessity.

I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town. I was completely mystified at such an unusual proceeding.

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