occasional 音标拼音: [ək'eʒənəl]
a . 偶然的,非经常的;特殊场合的,临时的
偶然的,非经常的;特殊场合的,临时的
occasional adj 1 :
occurring from time to time ; "
took an occasional glass of wine "
2 :
occurring or appearing at usually irregular intervals ;
"
episodic in his affections "; "
occasional headaches " [
synonym :
{
episodic }, {
occasional }]
3 :
occurring from time to time ; "
casual employment "; "
a casual correspondence with a former teacher "; "
an occasional worker "
[
synonym : {
casual }, {
occasional }]
4 :
recurring or reappearing from time to time ; "
periodic feelings of anxiety " [
synonym : {
periodic }, {
occasional }]
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1 .
Occuring at times ,
but not constant ,
regular ,
or systematic ;
made or happening as opportunity requires or admits ;
casual ;
incidental ;
as ,
occasional remarks ,
or efforts .
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1913 Webster ]
The . . .
occasional writing of the present times .
--
Bagehot .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
Produced by accident ;
as ,
the occasional origin of a thing . [
Obs .] --
Sir T .
Browne .
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1913 Webster ]
3 .
Of or pertaining to an occasion or to occasions ;
intended for a specific occasion ;
for use only when needed ,
and not regularly .
[
PJC ]
{
Occasional cause } (
Metaph .),
some circumstance preceding an effect which ,
without being the real cause ,
becomes the occasion of the action of the efficient cause ;
thus ,
the act of touching gunpowder with fire is the occasional ,
but not the efficient ,
cause of an explosion .
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1913 Webster ]
74 Moby Thesaurus words for "
occasional ":
accessory ,
accidental ,
accompanying ,
additional ,
ado ,
adventitious ,
afloat ,
afoot ,
aleatory ,
auxiliary ,
behind the scenes ,
by -
the -
way ,
casual ,
causal ,
causative ,
ceremonial ,
circumstantial ,
conditional ,
constitutive ,
contingent ,
current ,
decisive ,
determinative ,
doing ,
effectual ,
etiological ,
eventuating ,
extra ,
few ,
formative ,
going on ,
happening ,
in hand ,
in the wind ,
incidental ,
inessential ,
infrequent ,
institutive ,
intermittent ,
irregular ,
nonessential ,
occurring ,
odd ,
off ,
on ,
on foot ,
ongoing ,
originative ,
out -
of -
the -
way ,
parenthetical ,
part -
time ,
particular ,
passing ,
periodic ,
pivotal ,
prevailing ,
prevalent ,
provisional ,
random ,
rare ,
resultant ,
ritual ,
scarce ,
seldom ,
side ,
spare ,
special ,
sporadic ,
supplementary ,
taking place ,
uncommon ,
under way ,
unessential ,
unfrequent
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