occasion是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. (发生特殊事件) 的时刻; 机会, 理由; 需要; vt. 引起, 导致，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《海底两万里》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- On this occasion I was witness to one of the finest gun shots which ever made the nerves of a hunter thrill.
-- The occasion must be serious, and our first attempt must succeed; if it fails, we shall never find another, and Captain Nemo will never forgive us."
在戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯的《恋爱中的女人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Ursula wondered what was in Gudrun's mind, to occasion this outburst.
-- Gerald and the younger Criches did not care for this party, but it had become customary now, and it pleased the father, as being the only occasion when he could gather some people of the district together in festivity with him.
-- A new occasion was mostly spectacular to her.
在艾米利·勃朗特的《呼啸山庄》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- On the before named occasion he came into the house to announce his intention of doing nothing, while I was assisting Miss Cathy to arrange her dress: she had not reckoned on his taking it into his head to be idle; and imagining she would have the whole place to herself, she managed, by some means, to inform Mr. Edgar of her brother's absence, and was then preparing to receive him.
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《复活》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Like a sportsman looking for game, her entire activity consisted in finding occasion for serving others.
在刘易斯·卡罗尔的《爱丽丝漫游镜中世界》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- On this occasion the kitten only purred: and it was impossible to guess whether it meant 'yes' or 'no.'
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