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单词 occasional
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occasional

He rode through the camp, acknowledging the occasional wave from the Hythrun troops.Which had followed with depressing inevitability, as he'd gathered from her Christmas cards and occasional e-mails.

In other languages
occasional

British English: occasional /əˈkeɪʒənl/ ADJECTIVE
Occasional means happening sometimes, but not regularly or often.
I've had occasional mild headaches.
  • American English: occasional
  • Arabic: مِن وَقْتٍ لِآخَرِ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: de vez em quando
  • Chinese: 偶尔的
  • Croatian: povremen
  • Czech: příležitostný
  • Danish: lejlighedsvis
  • Dutch: incidenteel
  • European Spanish: esporádico
  • Finnish: satunnainen
  • French: occasionnel
  • German: gelegentlich
  • Greek: περιστασιακός
  • Italian: occasionale
  • Japanese: 時折の
  • Korean: 가끔의
  • Norwegian: sporadisk
  • Polish: okazyjny
  • European Portuguese: de vez em quando
  • Romanian: ocazional
  • Russian: случайный
  • Latin American Spanish: esporádico
  • Swedish: tillfällig
  • Thai: ซึ่งเป็นครั้งคราว
  • Turkish: ara sıra
  • Ukrainian: випадковий
  • Vietnamese: thỉnh thoảng

Chinese translation of 'occasional'

occasional

(əˈkeɪʒənl)

adj

  1. 偶尔(爾)的 (ǒu'ěr de)
    I like the occasional drink 我喜欢(歡)偶尔(爾)喝点(點)酒 (wǒ xǐhuan ǒu'ěr hē diǎn jiǔ)
(adjective) 
Definition
happening from time to time
I still get the occasional nightmare about the accident.
Synonyms
infrequent
She was paying one of her infrequent visits to London.
odd
I did various odd jobs around the place.
rare
I think big families are extremely rare nowadays.
casual
I've been doing casual work in a hostel for five months.
irregular
She was suffering from an irregular heartbeat.
sporadic
The sound of sporadic thunder could still be heard.
intermittent
After three hours of intermittent rain, the game was abandoned.
few and far between
Eco-friendly options were few and far between.
desultory
periodic
Periodic checks are made to ensure quality.
Opposites
regular
,
usual
,
constant
,
routine
, frequent,
customary
,
continual
,
habitual
,
incessant

Additional synonyms

in the sense of casual
Definition
occasional or irregular
I've been doing casual work in a hostel for five months.
Synonyms
temporary,
short-term,
occasional,
part-time,
uncertain,
irregular
in the sense of few and far between
Definition
scarce
Eco-friendly options were few and far between.
Synonyms
scarce,
rare,
unusual,
scattered,
irregular,
uncommon,
in short supply,
hard to come by,
infrequent,
thin on the ground,
widely spaced,
seldom met with
in the sense of intermittent
Definition
occurring at intervals
After three hours of intermittent rain, the game was abandoned.
Synonyms
periodic,
broken,
occasional,
recurring,
irregular,
punctuated,
sporadic,
recurrent,
stop-go (informal),
fitful,
spasmodic,
discontinuous

Synonyms of 'occasional'

occasional

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of irregular
Definition
not occurring at expected or equal intervals
She was suffering from an irregular heartbeat.
Synonyms
variable,
inconsistent,
erratic,
shifting,
occasional,
random,
casual,
shaky,
wavering,
uneven,
fluctuating,
eccentric,
patchy,
sporadic,
intermittent,
haphazard,
unsteady,
desultory,
fitful,
spasmodic,
unsystematic,
inconstant,
nonuniform,
unmethodical,
scattershot
in the sense of odd
Definition
occasional or incidental
I did various odd jobs around the place.
Synonyms
occasional,
various,
varied,
random,
casual,
seasonal,
irregular,
periodic,
miscellaneous,
sundry,
incidental,
intermittent,
infrequent
in the sense of periodic
Definition
recurring at intervals
Periodic checks are made to ensure quality.
Synonyms
recurrent,
regular,
repeated,
occasional,
periodical,
seasonal,
cyclical,
sporadic,
intermittent,
every so often,
infrequent,
cyclic,
every once in a while,
spasmodic,
at fixed intervals
in the sense of rare
Definition
not happening or done very often
I think big families are extremely rare nowadays.
Synonyms
uncommon,
unusual,
exceptional,
out of the ordinary,
few,
strange,
scarce,
singular,
sporadic,
sparse,
infrequent,
thin on the ground,
recherché
in the sense of sporadic
Definition
happening at irregular intervals
The sound of sporadic thunder could still be heard.
Synonyms
intermittent,
occasional,
scattered,
isolated,
random,
on and off,
irregular,
infrequent,
spasmodic,
scattershot
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