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单词 occasional
释义
occasional
adjective
uk
/əˈkeɪ.ʒən.əl//əˈkeɪʒ.nəl/us
/əˈkeɪ.ʒən.əl//əˈkeɪʒ.nəl/
C1
nothappeningor done often orregularly:
偶尔的；不经常的
Iplaythe occasionalgameoftennis.我偶尔打打网球。
He has the occasionalcigarafterdinner.他饭后偶尔抽支雪茄。
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  • I'm notaverseto the occasionalglassofchampagnemyself.
  • Despite occasionalpatchesofpurpleprose, thebookismostlyclearandincisive.
  • I'mtryingtotrainmyboyfriendto do the occasionalbitofhousework.
  • Despite the occasionallongueurs, this is animpressivefirstnovel.
  • Hestrolledthrough thefields,pottingat the occasionalrabbit.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Rarely & infrequently
  • (every) now and then/againidiom
  • blue moon
  • ever and anon
  • every
  • few
  • fit
  • in/by fits and startsidiom
  • occasion
  • occasionally
  • odd
  • odd jobs
  • once
  • once in a blue moonidiom
  • one
  • one-time
  • rarely
  • seldom
  • ship
  • sometimes
  • time
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(Definition ofoccasionalfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

occasional| American Dictionary

occasional
adjective[not gradable]
us
/əˈkeɪ·ʒə·nəl/
nothappeningoften orregularly:
occasionalsnowstorms
Hisjobrequiresoccasionaltripsto theWestCoast.
(Definition ofoccasionalfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofoccasional

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No feedback, apart fromoccasionalencouragement, was provided on the subsequent letters.
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Anoccasionalellipsis in the design of the present research is worth mentioning.
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Other extracts are reproduced as they originally appeared withoccasionalmodifications to achieve standardisation.
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Speculative farmers hope for theoccasionalextraordinary profits but are deemed mere growers of necessary food.
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There have been many such, mostly quantitative withoccasionalexcursions into qualitative or pitch-based scansion.
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The extremes range fromoccasionalpartial seizures of simple symptomatology without loss of consciousness to full-blown tonie-clonic seizures.
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Experiences of these blips would be anomalous, but we humans are quite good at disregarding theoccasionalanomaly.
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Fiscal conservatism by the 1960s involved support of a federal government that used moderate tax reductions, even though this resulted inoccasionaldeficits.
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Our model generates time series as the sum of a latent random walk with drift andoccasionallarge transitory movements driven by a regime-switching process.
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The book is not withoutoccasional, sensible moments.
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The woman was referred to a psychiatric clinic, but although she hadoccasionalcontact with a psychiatrist, her problems grew worse.
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There areoccasionalpoints where vocal semiquavers contrast with instrumental triplets and sextuplets.
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Most of his visits were for social reasons : company, a chat, andoccasionalhelp with cooking.
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The great amount of work invested in the study goes virtually unheralded, with just anoccasionalremark giving the game away.
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In terms of linguistic levels, it concentrates on phonology and morphology, withoccasionalexcursions into syntax and semantics.
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