单词 | occur |
释义 | occurv.α. 1500s occure, 1500s–1600s occurre, 1500s– occur, 1600s occurr; Scottish pre-1700 occure, pre-1700 occurre, pre-1700 1700s– occur. β. 1500s accurr, 1500s–1600s accurre, 1500s–1800s accur; Scottish pre-1700 accour, pre-1700 accur, pre-1700 acure. 1. a. intransitive. Of time, an opportunity, etc.: to present itself. Of a person or thing: to be met with or found, to turn up or appear (esp. in some place, class of things, course of action, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (intransitive)] > of things that arrive or take place in time comeOE fallc1300 occur1495 incur1536 to come in?1541 subvene1858 1495 in Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1839) I. 393/2 James of dowglas..said þt quhen tyme occurrit he wald schew sic Richtis as he haid. 1538 T. Cromwell Let. 22 Feb. in R. B. Merriman Life & Lett. T. Cromwell (1902) II. 117 As sone as any oportunyte shall occurre for the same. ?1566–7 G. Buchanan Opinion Reformation Univ. St. Andros in Vernacular Writings (1892) 8 Other thyngis..to be doin as commodite and tyme occurris. 1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 60 That name doth often occurre in olde evidences. 1684 Corshill Baron-Court Bk. in Archæol. & Hist. Coll. Ayr & Wigton (1884) IV. 169 The laird..ordaines [them]..to make sinkes and passages for the watter that fallis or occurres thereintill [sc. in dikes]. 1763 R. Dodsley Leasowes ⁋2 The first object that occurs is a..ruinated wall. 1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) IV. 470 The variety of cases that may occur in practice. 1851 P. H. Gosse Naturalist's Sojourn Jamaica 103 About fourteen species have occurred to me. 1881 T. Hardy Laodicean I. ii. i. 253 Among a mass of architects' customary memoranda occurred a draft of the letter abusing Paula. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 507/2 Albinism occurs in all races of mankind. 1974 Smithsonian Contrib. Earth Sci. No.13 31/2 In the lower sediment sequence of site 124 of the Joides drilling, rhythmically interbedded light- and dark-coloured marl oozes occur. 1991 G. Ehrlich Islands, Universe, Home x. 183 Stop overgrazing, and more plants—grasses, wild-flowers, shrubs, trees—cover the ground and more species occur. b. intransitive. Of an idea, etc.: to present itself in thought, come to mind. Followed by to (a person, etc.). Frequently with it as subject and that-clause or infinitive as complement. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > idea, notion, or concept > come to mind, occur [verb (intransitive)] comeeOE runOE to come to mindOE occur?a1500 to move to mind?a1525 to come, fall under, lie in one's cap1546 to take (a person) in the head1565 present1585 overpass1591 to come in upon a person1638 suggest1752 to come up1889 a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Trial of Fox l. 886 in Poems (1981) 37 I sall reheirs ane part off euerilk kynd, Als fer as now occurris to my mynd. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §401 There doth not occurre to me, at this present, any use thereof, for profit. 1700 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding (new ed.) ii. xxxiii. 224 When the Idea of the Place occurs to his Mind, it brings..that of the Pain and Displeasure with it. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 105. ¶3 Such Reflections as occurred to me upon that Subject. 1789 T. Jefferson Let. 3 June in Papers (1958) XV. 167 It occurs to me that the 5th. article may give alarm. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas II. v. i. 273 It could not but occur to me that you would be agreeably surprised. a1855 J. Eagles Sketcher (1856) iv. 86 A picture occurs to my recollection. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 5 New ideas occur to him in the act of writing. 1925 F. S. Fitzgerald Great Gatsby viii. 191 Michaelis had seen this too, but it hadn't occurred to him that there was any special significance in it. 1956 H. L. Mencken Minority Rep. 163 That he is a victim of quacks never occurs to him until long after the war is over, if then. 1986 D. Madden Hidden Symptoms (1988) 33 She could not stop herself and it hardly occurred to her to try. 2. intransitive. Of an event, incident, etc.: to happen, come about, take place, esp. without being arranged or expected. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (intransitive)] becomec888 i-tidec888 falleOE ywortheOE i-limp975 belimpOE i-timeOE worthOE tidea1131 goa1200 arearc1275 syec1275 betide1297 fere1297 risea1350 to come aboutc1350 overcomea1382 passa1393 comea1400 to come in (also to, on, etc.) placea1400 eschew?a1400 chevec1400 shapec1400 hold1462 to come (also go) to pass1481 proceed?1518 occura1522 bechance1527 overpass1530 sorta1535 succeed1537 adventurec1540 to fall toc1540 success1545 to fall forth1569 fadge1573 beword?1577 to fall in1578 happen1580 event1590 arrive1600 offer1601 grow1614 fudge1615 incur1626 evene1654 obvene1654 to take place1770 transpire1775 to go on1873 to show up1879 materialize1885 break1914 cook1932 to go down1946 a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vii. Prol. 153 For byssynes, quhilk occurrit on cace. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) 1 The vniuersal pestilens and mortalite, that hes occurit mercyles amang the pepil. c1580 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1869) I. 77 Fyve persouns..to do..thair lawbouris thairintill quhen ony sic aventures or cais occurris. 1604 Urie Baron Ct. 6 In respect of the menifald complentis that accurris. a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 13 It is uncertain, when such wonders will occur agen. 1688 J. Walker tr. J. F. de la Chaise Demonstr. in tr. B. Pascal Thoughts 373 Let one seriously think of so many great and wonderful things as have accur'd for these Six thousand years past in the view of all Men. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones I. iii. i. 154 Nothing worthy of a place in this history occurred within that period. View more context for this quotation 1799 J. Austen Let. 17 May (1995) 39 Our journey yesterday went off exceedingly well; nothing occurred to alarm or delay us. 1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 402 It is almost impossible for an accident to occur. 1862 A. Trollope Orley Farm II. xiii. 101 To Mrs. Orme she told all that had occurred. 1927 A. Conan Doyle Case-bk. Sherlock Holmes 49 It was clear that something sudden and important had occurred. 1983 G. Swift Waterland (1984) xi. 96 At what time in your opinion, did death occur? a. intransitive. To meet with; to happen or light upon; to make resistance against; to reply to an adverse statement or contention; to prove adverse to. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (intransitive)] > come across or meet with again-comea1382 counterc1475 occur1527 to fall on ——1533 recounter1583 greeta1627 encounter1632 rencounter1632 bemeet1656 pop1668 to fall in1808 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > meeting or encounter > meet or encounter [verb (transitive)] meeteOE yaina1000 yseeOE oftakelOE to meet withc1300 finda1325 encounter1520 occur1527 bemeet1608 to fall in1675 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > refute, disprove [verb (transitive)] > by counter-charge answerOE returna1500 retort?1542 reject1553 recharge1566 contort?1567 invert1584 reband1588 recriminate1603 rebut1624 countercharge1626 occur1660 counterprove1679 1527 in State Papers Henry VIII (1830) I. 233 The Frenche King was determyned that I should occurre, encountre, and mete with hym at Amyas. 1566 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure I. Ded. sig. *2v Viewing in him great plentie of straunge Histories..I occurred vpon some which I deemed most worthy the provulgation. 1660 J. Pearson No Necessity Reformation Doctr. Church of Eng. 7 To leave nothing unanswered... I shall endeavour to occurre to all Particulars which may seem to inferre the Doubtfulnesse of the Doctrine. 1692 R. Bentley Confut. Atheism from Struct. & Origin Humane Bodies: Pt. II 22 To this last Subterfuge of the Mechanical Atheists we can occurr several ways. 1692 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. v. 9 Bodies..have..a certain and determinate Motion according to..the Resistance of the Bodies they occurr with. 1738 Hist. View Court of Exchequer vi. 113 No time occurs to the King. b. transitive. To meet, encounter; to oppose, resist. Obsolete.In quot. 1767 humorously pedantic, in a parody of Johnsonian style. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (transitive)] > encounter or experience ymetec893 findeOE meetOE counterc1325 overtakec1390 limp?a1400 tidea1400 runa1450 to fall with ——?c1475 onlightc1475 recounterc1485 recount1490 to come in witha1500 occur1531 to fall on ——1533 to fall upon ——1533 beshine1574 rencontre1582 entertain1591 cope with1594 happen1594 tocome1596 incur1599 forgather1600 thwart1601 to fall in1675 cross1684 to come across ——1738 to cross upon (or on)1748 to fall across ——1760 experience1786 to drop in1802 encounter1814 to come upon ——1820 to run against ——1821 to come in contact with1862 to run across ——1864 to knock or run up against1886 to knock up against1887 the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)] > resist withstandc888 withsake971 forstanda1000 to stand again ——OE withsetc1000 again-standOE to stand againOE warnc1175 wiþerhaldec1175 atstandc1220 astand1250 withsitc1300 sitc1325 asitc1330 (it) may well withc1395 reversea1400 resist1417 ofstandc1425 onstandc1425 gainstand?c1450 endure1470 obsista1475 repugna1513 recountera1525 occur1531 desist1548 impugn1577 obstrigillate1623 counter-stand1648 stem1675 repique1687 to make face to1807 to fight off1833 to stick up1838 bay1848 withstay1854 buck1857 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > meeting or encounter > meet or encounter [verb (transitive)] > specific object person(s) meeta1325 occur1531 cope1594 to meet in with1821 to meet up with1870 1531 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Chron. Scotl. (1938) I. iv. ii. 136 [They] desyrit him to send support in tyme, to occur þe present dangere afoir þair pussance wer brokin. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clxv That the citezens..might occurre their enemies, and releue their frendes. 1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1699/1 To occurre al inconueniences whatsoeuer. 1651 ‘A. B.’ tr. L. Lessius Sir Walter Rawleigh's Ghost 340 When we vehemently apply our minde to understand, and apprehend any thing, we scarcely observe and note such things, as do accurre our sense. 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 146 Fate may..easily be occurred, and prevented. 1767 A. Campbell Lexiphanes 1 Most happily occurred, my very benevolent convivial associate. c. intransitive. To run together or against something; to run to meet a person, to run up. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > move towards [verb (intransitive)] > run to meet a person occur1533 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > meeting or encounter > meet or encounter [verb (intransitive)] to feel togethera1500 occur1533 alight1591 bemeet1656 encounter1822 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. 203/23 Quhare twa armyis occurrit to thare huge dredoure. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 173 The Scottis..brekis in ower the nerrest prouince,..Trebellie occuris in al haist. 1597 M. Drayton Englands Heroicall Epist. f. 19v Thus all accur, to put backe all excuse. 1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote I. iii. ii. 117 She was of a charitable nature..and did therefore presently occur to cure Don Quixote. 1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 180 Such of those Corpuscles, as happened to occurr or meet together. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > [verb (intransitive)] > coincide concur1863 occur1863 1863 J. M. Neale Ess. Liturgiol. 109 One Festival occurs with another when the two feasts fall on the same day. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1495 |
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