occasion的简明意思:
n. 场合;时机;理由;机会;盛大场面
vt. 引起;致使
An occasion lost cannot be redeemed.
时机失了无法挽回。
The video camera that one single mother bought for a special occasion, for example, is not much fun now
比如,一位单身母亲为特殊场合购买了摄影机,现在她不觉得这台摄影机多有趣了。
I will speak to him if the occasion arises.
如果有机会我将跟他说。
Luckily for you, you have no more occasion to do it than I had.
你很幸运,你同我都没有这样做的理由。