美 [əˈkeɪʒnz]
n. 场合；机会（occasion 的复数）；理由
v. 致使；引起（occasion 的第三人称单数）
occasions /əˈkeɪʒənz/
复数型名词 needs; necessities 需要; 必需品
something you have to do
he minded his own specialized occasions
偶然性-引用次数：1
参考来源学校道德教育的路径转变与作用界定
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时机
场合
5、何时购买（When）：购买时机（Occasions）是什么。分析购买者对特定产品的购买时间的要求,把握时机，适时推出产品，如分析自然季节和传统节假日对市场购买的影响程度等。
(How) 购买时间(Occasions)：消费者市场何时购买？(When) 购买地点(Outlets)：消费者市场何地购买？
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场合；机会（occasion的复数）；理由
致使；引起（occasion的第三人称单数）
I've met him on several occasions.
我曾见过他几次。
He has been late on numerous occasions.
他已经迟到过无数次了。
It happened on three separate occasions.
这事在三个不同的场合发生过。
This ballet was a kind of social dance that was performed during special occasions.
VOA : special.2011.01.26
But this very critique leveled against Levi-Strauss, he could have found in Levi-Strauss and does find it on other occasions.
但这个批判瞄准的是列维，斯特劳斯，他可以在列维，斯特劳斯的观点中找到,也的确在其他人的观点中找到。
文学理论导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
It's not a social role in the way that she could be granddaughterly or motherly on those other occasions.
这不是一个她可以像孙女,或者母亲一样的社会角色。
1945年后的美国小说课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
On several occasions he has used his significant influence to ease tensions or call on political adversaries to end their dispute.
VOA : standard.2009.09.21
He said the committee has on many occasions tried to enhance what many personalities are trying to do.
VOA : standard.2009.10.09
The UK has entered the competition every year since 1959 and has won on five occasions.
The party has chosen not to have Ken Clarke lead it on three separate occasions since 1997.
Trump has also played fast and loose with the truth on several occasions during the current campaign.