英语单词 | opportune |
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英美音标 | ['ɔpətju:n; -tu:n] |
中文释义 | adj.(指时间)凑巧的、恰好的,(指行动或事件)及时、适宜的 |
vocabulary简明 | Use the adjective opportune to describe especially good timing. A snowstorm is an opportune time to make extra money shoveling your neighbor's driveway. |
vocabulary扩展 | You can see the word opportunity in opportune. Both words come from the Latin word opportunus, meaning "favorable," which itself is derived from a phrase that describes wind blowing toward a port. Just as the wind helps speed ships toward shore, something that is opportune offers favorable circumstances for accomplishing something or doing something. |
柯林斯星级 | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](时机)恰当的,适宜的;及时的;适时的 If something happens at an opportune time or is opportune, it happens at the time that is most convenient for someone or most likely to lead to success. [FORMAL 正式]
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