每日一词 74 occasional

1. 这是个什么词?


词:occasional


英英释义:happening sometimes but not often or regularly


例句:Although I am well traveled, I have mostly visited different parts of my own country and have made only occasional overseas trips.


2. 为什么选这个词?


名词“occasion”有很多个意思,比如“场合” “时机” “特别时刻”等。它的形容词“occasional”意思比较单一,是“偶尔的”,常用、好用,值得掌握。它的副词“occasionally”(“偶尔地”)也可以顺便收入囊中。当我们想表达某个现象偶然才出现或某个事件偶然才发生时,除了使用 sometimes, from time to time, every now and then 之外,还可以使用 “occasional”和“occasionally”,尤其是在书面表达中。


我们来看几个例子。 华裔美国德州扑克高手 Johnny Chan 胜率极高,偶尔才会输给对手,就可以说:


Johnny Chan is a formidable poker player and only loses very occasionally.


再比如,我去过不少地方,但很多都是国内的各个省份,时不时才去国外旅行一次,就可以说:


Although I am well traveled, I have mostly visited different parts of my own country. I have traveled abroad only occasionally.



Although I am well traveled, I have mostly visited different parts of my own country and have made only occasional overseas trips.


《经济学人》在一篇写纽约的 Christmas special 文章中有这么一句:


An occasional plane passes overhead, perhaps to La Guardia, perhaps to JFK.(La Guardia 和 JFK 是纽约市的两大机场。)


《经济学人》有一篇讣告写的是一个暴徒,里面有这么一句:


He occasionally regretted the shame he had brought on his family, but for his victims and their relatives he felt nothing.


3. 怎样学会使用这个词?


1)翻译下面的句子:


露西擅长山水画,偶尔也画画油画。

Lucy is good at landscape painting, and she paint accasional oil-painting.

(参考翻译:Lucy is especially good at traditional Chinese landscape painting, but occasionally she does oils too. 或 Though an expert on traditional Chinese landscape painting, Lucy does occasional oil painting too. )


2)结合自己的生活、学习、工作、兴趣等,想象在什么语境下会用到这个表达。先简要描述这个场景,再造句。

场景:我大部分时候心情舒畅,偶尔心情不好。

造句:I feel comfortable mostly, with accasional bad feeling.

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