剛好合適的時機
同一個圈起來的點，加上一層判斷：這一次剛好是做那件事的好時候。
the right time · noun · B1
A good or right time for something to happen.
時機
核心畫面
Picture one point on a timeline, circled: this time, not the others. Everything the word does grows from that circled point — a time that suits, a time worth dressing up for, and (in formal English) the thing that made the moment happen at all.
可以想成：時間線上被圈起來的一個點——就這一次，不是別次。這個字的用法都是從那個圈長出來的：那個點剛好合適，就是「時…更多收起
可以想成：時間線上被圈起來的一個點——就這一次，不是別次。這個字的用法都是從那個圈長出來的：那個點剛好合適，就是「時機」；那個點值得盛裝出席，就是「場合」；再往前追那個點為什麼會出現，在正式英文裡就變成「原因」。From the picture
值得慎重的場合
那個圈起來的點大到值得慶祝：不只是「某一次」，而是一場大家會記得、會為它打扮的事。
special occasion · noun · B1
An important social event, party, or ceremony.
場合；盛會
事情的起因
從那個點往前看一步：是什麼讓這一次發生的。這一層在現代英文裡只留在正式用法裡。
reason or cause · noun · B1
A reason or cause for something, especially in formal use.
原因；理由
Also in this word
a single time · noun · B1
A single time when something happens or when you do something.
次；某一次
原始詞典資料10 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
occasionnoun/əˈkeɪ̯ʒən/
- 1
A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance.
- At this point, she seized the occasion to make her own observation.
- Foꝛ ſynne toke occaſiõ by the meanes of the cõmaundement and ſo diſceaved me / and by the ſilfe cõmaundemẽt ſlewe me.
- 2
The time when something happens.
- On this occasion, I'm going to decline your offer, but next time I might agree.
- And Vickers launched forth in a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with supreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them.
- 3
An occurrence or state of affairs which causes some event or reaction; a motive or reason.
- I had no occasion to feel offended, however.
- 4
Something which causes something else; a cause.
- [I]t were too vile to ſay, and ſcarce to be beleeued, what we endured: but the occaſion was our owne, for want of prouidence, induſtrie and gouernment, […]
- 5
obsoleteAn occurrence or incident.
- 6
A particular happening; an instance or time when something occurred.
- I could think of two separate occasions when she had deliberately lied to me.
- a momentous occasion in the history of South Africa
- 7
A need; requirement, necessity.
- I have no occasion for firearms.
- […] after we have ſerved our ſelves, and our own occaſions.
- 8
A special event or function.
- Having people round for dinner was always quite an occasion at our house.
另外 1 個記錄的用法
- 9
A reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion.
- VVhoſe manner was all paſſengers to ſtay, / And entertaine with her occaſions ſly, […]
occasionverb/əˈkeɪ̯ʒən/
- 1
To cause; to produce; to induce
- It is seen that the mental changes are occasioned by a change of polarity.
- To the Author's private circle the appearance of this singular Work on Clothes must have occasioned little less surprise than it has to the rest of the world.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。