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词汇 example_english_special-occasion
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special occasion

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meanings of specialand occasion


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special
adjective
uk /ˈspeʃ.əl/ us /ˈspeʃ.əl/
not ordinary ...
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occasion
noun[C]
uk /əˈkeɪ.ʒən/ us /əˈkeɪ.ʒən/
a particular time, especially when something happens or ...
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Examples of special occasion


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Most consumers either clearly linked semi-dried tomato exposure to a specialoccasion, or were very regular consumers.
Most had roughly 20 to 40 regular church adherents, unless it was a specialoccasion, when attendance could be much greater.
Instead, he preached from carefully prepared notes, except when he was called upon to preach on a specialoccasion that called for a publishable text.
When it was a specialoccasion with many people coming, my father cooked.
In honour of the specialoccasion it may have been an accompagnato, even though only one singer (rather than the customary two or more) was involved.
They had returned just as we ourselves might go back to our old schools on a specialoccasion or for some ceremony.
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It was not for a specialoccasion or display, but for anyone to buy.
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I would say that that is a very good reason why we should use it on a specialoccasion, when it is necessary.
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It cannot he regarded as a specialoccasion to take one day of the week and single it out.
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We were given to understand a specialoccasion would be offered, but in that we were disappointed.
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We shall come into our own on this specialoccasion.
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Why should not that have a specialoccasion for debate?
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He said that it could not be an annual tax and that it was in the nature of a tax for this specialoccasion.
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But in any case the person who is going to decide whether it is a "specialoccasion"or"event" is one of the traffic commissioners.
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I for one say that those men have no right to come down here on a specialoccasion and record their votes.
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A visit here should be regarded as a prized opportunity, as a specialoccasion.
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For the year 2000, this will be a specialoccasion to mark the services' contribution to the millennium celebrations.
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I hope that the courts will make a reasonable interpretation of what is a specialoccasion.
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It is indeed quite likely that there will be children at a christening, but surely a christening is a specialoccasion.
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This is a somewhat specialoccasion in many ways.
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