动词occur用法说明与注意

1. 表示“发生”“出现”，是不及物动词，所以不能带宾语，也不能用于被动语态。如：

事故（地震）是什么时候发生的?

误：When was the accident (earthquake) occurred?

正：When did the accident (earthquake) occur?

每页都有两三个错误。

误：Two or three mistakes are occurred in every page.

正：Two or three mistakes occur in every page.

2. 表示某想法出现在某人脑海中或被某人想到，通常与介词 to连用。如：

A good idea occurred to me. 我想起了个好主意。

His name just did not occur to my memory. 我就是想不起他的名字。

在以上用法中，若主语为从句或不定式，则在句首使用形式主语 it, 而把真正的主语放在后面。如：

It occurred to me that he might be lying. 我忽然想起他可能是在说谎。

It never occurred to me to insure the house. 我从来也没想到过去给房子投保。

Didn’t it occur to you to phone them about it? 难道你就没有想到给他们打个电话?

3. 有时用于there be句式中替代动词be。如：

Not long after this, there occurred a sudden revolution. 此后不久，突然爆发了革命。

In March 1770, there occurred what became known as the Boston Massacre. 在1770年3月爆发了人们熟悉知的波士顿大屠杀。