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单词 occasionally
释义
occasionally
adverb
uk
/əˈkeɪ.ʒən.əl.i//əˈkeɪʒ.nəl.i/us
/əˈkeɪ.ʒən.əl.i//əˈkeɪʒ.nəl.i/
B2
sometimes but not often:
偶尔，间或；有时
Iseehim occasionally intown.我偶尔在城里见到他。
Occasionally I'll have apieceofchocolate, but it's veryrare.有时我会吃块巧克力，不过这种时候极少。
More examples
  • Thepathfollowstheriverclosely, occasionallydeviatinground aclumpoftrees.
  • You'reboundtoforgetpeople'snamesoccasionally.
  • She onlyseeshernieceoccasionally, so sheshowersher withpresentswhen she does.
  • Does it neveroccurto you that I might like to be on my own occasionally?
  • I don'tmindhelpingher out occasionally, but this is getting beyond ajoke.
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
  • occasional
  • odd
  • odd jobs
  • once
  • once in a blue moonidiom
  • one
  • one-time
  • rarely
  • seldom
  • ship
  • sometimes
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(Definition ofoccasionallyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

occasionally| American Dictionary

occasionally
adverb[not gradable]
us
/əˈkeɪ·ʒə·nəl·i/
not often orregularly:
Stir occasionally while thepastaiscooking.
I occasionallywatchTV.
(Definition ofoccasionallyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofoccasionally

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Extensive studies in the surrounding forest by the authors confirmed that epiphytes occur onlyoccasionallyon ant and termite substrate other than ant gardens.
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The university's participantsoccasionallysuggested that the creation of an international university in the liberal mode was not their ultimate goal.
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He enjoyed the latter task, but wasoccasionallyinvolved in some time-consuming wrangles over money and clashes of personality.
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Nevertheless, there is sometimes an elective affinity between methodological statements and positive claims, althoughoccasionallythe same methodological statements are used for opposite purposes.
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Only one-fifth (20%) claimed to have participated in these activities regularly, while close to one-third (32 %) attended onlyoccasionally.
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But it is significantly harder to ensure robust behaviour with unsafe interval arithmetic sinceoccasionallythe solution is lost, too.
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Many hospitals have clinical ethics committees, which haveoccasionallybeen asked to review research protocols.
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It mightoccasionallybe the case that we humans can understand where the evolution of the universe is taking us only by using future-to-past causation.
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Occasionally, the presence of larvae stimulates the granuloma formation responsible for the deleterious effects of ocular toxocariasis.
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Occasionally, however, vast numbers of trees were destroyed.
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These vesicles which tended to have a central to basal distribution,occasionallyfilled almost the entire cytoplasm, but there was no evidence of circulation.
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Many of the more valuable species need large areas (albeit onlyoccasionally) to persist.
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Second, though, in the midst of an interesting discussion, a voiceoccasionally' trails off ' and fails to respond.
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These are, however, minor matters and it is important to acknowledge the book's strengths, as a readable, stimulating andoccasionallytouching study.
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In most cases there is an oval foramen, althoughoccasionallya significant atrial septal defect is evident.
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