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 occasional [ə'keʒənl.]   添加此单词到默认生词本
a. 偶然的, 临时的

[法] 偶然的, 特殊场合的




    occasional
    [ adj ]
    1. occurring from time to time

      2. <adj.all>
      took an occasional glass of wine
    2. occurring or appearing at usually irregular intervals

      3. <adj.all>
      episodic in his affections
      occasional headaches
    3. occurring from time to time

      4. <adj.all>
      casual employment
      a casual correspondence with a former teacher
      an occasional worker
    4. recurring or reappearing from time to time

      5. <adj.all>
      periodic feelings of anxiety


    Occasional \Oc*ca"sion*al\ ([o^]k*k[=a]"zh[u^]n*al), a. [Cf. F.
    occasionnel.]
    1. Occuring at times, but not constant, regular, or
    systematic; made or happening as opportunity requires or
    admits; casual; incidental; as, occasional remarks, or
    efforts.

    The . . . occasional writing of the present times.
    --Bagehot.

    2. Produced by accident; as, the occasional origin of a
    thing. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.

    3. Of or pertaining to an occasion or to occasions; intended
    for a specific occasion; for use only when needed, and not
    regularly.
    [PJC]

    {Occasional cause} (Metaph.), some circumstance preceding an
    effect which, without being the real cause, becomes the
    occasion of the action of the efficient cause; thus, the
    act of touching gunpowder with fire is the occasional, but
    not the efficient, cause of an explosion.

    1. In addition to the Atlantic states, rain and occasional thunderstorms also spread over the upper Ohio Valley and the northern and central Appalachians.
    2. Only occasional telephone poles and parts of some buildings were left standing.
    3. But she said she might lead a seminar or deliver an occasional lecture.
    4. For Friday, the forecast called for widespread showers and occasional thunderstorms extending from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle and over most of the Appalachians, the Tennessee and Ohio valleys, Illinois and eastern Missouri.
    5. Mr. Alexander, who died in 1964, was an occasional colleague of Mr. Kinley and Red Adair, and I well remember Mr. Adair's visits to our neighborhood in his flashy scarlet Cadillac convertibles.
    6. They are thus clearly not using the whole of their overdraft facilities purely as an occasional source of working capital. The problem is what action banks need to take.
    7. But there are occasional problems.
    8. The studios or independent producers absorb the deficit, hoping to recoup their losses through television reruns, foreign sales and occasional videocassettes.
    9. Yet occasional women voters do not see themselves as abandoning their civic responsibilities; they believe the government has abandoned them.
    10. Among the few frills were puppet shows for the kids, donated stuffed animals, chalkboards, jigsaw puzzles, playing cards and an occasional television.
    11. Apart from the occasional patrol of Kalashnikov-toting Mujahideen, there is little sign of life. Clearing the mines is a vital first step back towards normality.
    12. There were occasional reports over the years that he was doing research in Washington for a project that had something to do with reporters.
    13. Dukakis sought throughout the day to soothe any hurt feelings, with only occasional success.
    14. Although there is occasional contact with Eskimo hunters and fishermen from Alaska, there are no Siberian-Yup'ik or Inupiat-speaking troops on the island.
    15. An occasional worker stopped briefly on the way home.
    16. He now lives in the central New Jersey community of Lakehurst and makes occasional appearances to generate support for amateur athletics.
    17. Thousands of firefighters shoveled and sprayed to corral nearly 93,000 acres of burning Idaho timber Saturday, and the weather cooperated with occasional rain showers and lower temperatures.
    18. Teachers closed their books, postmen dropped their mailbags, and transit passengers were left crowded on train and subway platforms waiting for the occasional ride.
    19. One Finance Ministry official said the country's trade surplus is "definitely headed for a period of gradual decline, although it may show occasional upward fluctuations."
    20. She's prim and reproving, with occasional lapses into softness, a bit like Anna with the king of Siam.
    21. In his new, more public role, Black will be available to the media and give occasional speeches.
    22. "As we have learned in the past, while the trade deficit will continue to improve there will be occasional monthly setbacks against that improving trend," he said.
    23. Three of them travel the country giving occasional organ recitals and playing at silent film festivals. Brubacher says he's the only surviving resident organist at a movie theater.
    24. As a conductor, Bernstein was known for his concert contortions: jabbing, leaping and even an occasional fall into the musicians pit.
    25. Traders in Tokyo said the Japanese central bank began buying dollars when the currency fell to around 121.60 yen this morning and made occasional purchases in the afternoon.
    26. Said to be half-crazed by electroshock treatments in prison, Mr. Guillen Landrau lives in a dilapidated Havana apartment and survives by selling off his meager possessions and trading an occasional painting for food.
    27. Although occasional brighter spells are hinted at, it is raining in London. Can I be on the same continent?
    28. She may find it hard to escape the confines of imperial life, having to make do with occasional appearances at state dinners, charity functions and sports tournaments.
    29. Many excelled in athletics in high school and college, she said, and her organization's hotline gets an occasional call from professional athletes who fear that if they seek help, they will be identified and fired.
    30. Today, as a health specialist at the Piscataway facility, she lights up the faces of the patients with her joshing, her hugs and an occasional tickle.
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