一日一词：occur只是发生的意思吗

occur v.

①[正式用语]发生 to happen:

(2017江苏)

A great decline in young work force is likely to occur in China.年轻劳动力骤减的情况可能会在中国发生。

②出现;存在 to exist or be found somewhere:

Sugar occurs naturally in fruit.

水果天然含有糖分。

(2014重庆) Cultural differences occur wherever you go.

无论你到哪儿都存在着文化差异。

★ occur to sb浮现于脑中;被想起:

it occurs to sb to do sth

It occurred to her to phone the police.她想到了给警察打电话。

it occurs to sb+that从句:

It occurred to him that he had an important conference to attend the next morning.

他突然想到第二天早上要参加一个重要会议。

(2013湖南) Not once did it occur to Michael that he could one day become a top student in his class.

迈克尔从未想到过有一天他能成为班上的优等生。