場(chǎng)景：我稀罕的安慰 意外而至

例句: The PT paid me an occassional compliment and a rare comfort while I felt so weak a day after the heart and lung training this morning late in my period.

詞：occasional

lpllll英英釋義：happening sometimes but not often or regularly

名詞“occasion”有很多個(gè)意思，比如“場(chǎng)合” “時(shí)機(jī)” “特別時(shí)刻”等。它的形容詞“occasional”意思比較單一，是“偶爾的”，常用、好用，值得掌握。它的副詞“occasionally”（“偶爾地”）也可以順便收入囊中。當(dāng)我們想表達(dá)某個(gè)現(xiàn)象偶然才出現(xiàn)或某個(gè)事件偶然才發(fā)生時(shí)，除了使用 sometimes, from time to time, every now and then 之外，還可以使用 “occasional”和“occasionally”，尤其是在書面表達(dá)中。

我們來看幾個(gè)例子。 華裔美國(guó)德州撲克高手 Johnny Chan 勝率極高，偶爾才會(huì)輸給對(duì)手，就可以說：

1. Johnny Chan is a formidable poker player and only loses very occasionally.

再比如，我去過不少地方，但很多都是國(guó)內(nèi)的各個(gè)省份，時(shí)不時(shí)才去國(guó)外旅行一次，就可以說：

2.Although I am well traveled, I have mostly visited different parts of my own country. I have traveled abroad only occasionally.

或

Although I am well traveled, I have mostly visited different parts of my own country and have made only occasional overseas trips.

《經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)人》在一篇寫紐約的 Christmas special 文章中有這么一句：

3. An occasional plane passes overhead, perhaps to La Guardia, perhaps to JFK.（La Guardia 和 JFK 是紐約市的兩大機(jī)場(chǎng)。）

《經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)人》有一篇訃告寫的是一個(gè)暴徒，里面有這么一句：

4. He occasionally regretted the shame he had brought on his family, but for his victims and their relatives he felt nothing.