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  • Conjugation : past  occurred ; pp  occurred ; ing  occurring
  • Derivatives : n  occurrence
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

occur [ə'kəːr]
  1. 1. vi. (happen) 发生
  2. 2. vi. (be found) 出现
    to occur to sb
    某人想到

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

occur [əˈkɜːr]
  1. 1. vi. 发生出现
    Nothing occurred that seemed important.
    没什么大事
  2. 2. vi. 想到,被想起
    It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary.
    在我看来我们应当雇用另一名秘书
  3. 3. vi. 发现;存在于
    Precious stones occur in a large area in Brazil.
    巴西有一大片区域出产宝石
    Sexism occurs in many workplaces.
    性别歧视发生许多工作场所

Collins English-English Dictionary

occur [ə'k3ː]
  1. 1. vi. [intr] to happen; take place; come about
  2. 2. vi. to be found or be present; exist
  3. 3. vi. [foll by to] to be realized or thought of (by); suggest itself (to)
  4. 4. vi. [Etymology] C16: from Latin occurrere to run up to, from ob- to + currere to run
  5. 5. vi. [Usage] It is usually regarded as incorrect to talk of pre-arranged events occurring or happening: the wedding took place (not occurred or happened) in the afternoon

Examples

Problems of some sort seem to occur in every family.
每个家庭似乎都会出这样那样的问题。
She's written a program to find words which frequently occur together.
她编写了一个程序,用来查找经常共现的字词。
Iridium probably does not occur uncombined in nature but it is found in natural alloys with other noble metals.
自然界中可能不存在纯铱,通常和其它贵金属共生于天然合金中。
We will not worry about events that will occur in the distance.
我们不会为很久以后发生的事情担心。
Though you probably wouldn't realise it, more accidental deaths occur in the home than on the road.
你可能没有意识到,在家中发生的意外死亡事件要比在路上发生的更多。
The effects of the disease are usually bilateral although they may occur to different degrees.
疾病的影响通常具有两面性,尽管它们可能产生不同的影响程度。

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