"it occurred to sb that"意思是"某人意识到"或"某人突然想起"。
[ɪt əˈkɜːrd tuː sʌmbədi ðæt]
这个短语通常用于描述某人突然产生了一个新的思想、想法或意识到一个事实。
例如："It occurred to me that I had forgotten to lock the door"（我突然意识到我忘记锁门了）。
语法结构如下：
主语 + occurred to + 宾语从句
例如：
It occurred to me that I had forgotten to lock the door.
It occurred to John that he hadn't finished his homework.
It occurred to her that she should apologize for her behavior.
双语例句
It occurred to Jane that she had left her keys at home.简想起她把钥匙忘在家里了。
It suddenly occurred to me that I had forgotten to turn off the stove.我突然想起我忘记关炉子了。
It occurred to Sarah that she hadn't replied to her friend's message.莎拉想起她还没有回复她朋友的信息。
以上这一句英语之中，我觉得有1个英语词汇比较重要，在此单独放出来做详细解释，方便大家理解：
occurred
英 [əˈkɜːd]
美 [əˈkɜːrd]
vi.
发生；出现；存在于；出现在；(occur的过去式和过去分词)
双语例句
And an error occurred during the connections in Denver.
在丹佛连接时发生了错误。
The acceptance of electric cars in the country has not occurred as fast as expected.
国内对电动汽车的接受程度并未达到预期的速度。
He was unconscious and as I looked at his face, something occurred to me.
他失去了知觉，当我看着他的脸时，我想到了什么。
The report's writers downplay that potential outcome in that it has not yet occurred.
该报告的作者对这一潜在的结果轻描淡写，因为它还没有发生。
Nother thing just occurred to me.
我刚想到了另一件事。