opportune
英 ['?p?tju?n; ,?p?'tju?n]
美[??p?'tun]
- adj. 適當(dāng)?shù)?；恰好的；合時宜的
GRE暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
副詞:?opportunely;
中文詞源
opportune 適當(dāng)?shù)模袡C會的
來自拉丁語opportunus,合適的，有利的，來自短語ob portum veniens,朝向港口的風(fēng)，來自ob,朝向，向前，portum,港口，詞源同port,veniens,來，詞源同advent.后引申詞義適當(dāng)?shù)?，有機會的。比較inopportune.
英文詞源
- opportune (adj.)
- c. 1400, from Old French opportun and directly from Latin opportunus "fit, convenient, suitable, favorable," from the phrase ob portum veniens "coming toward a port," in reference to the wind, from ob "to, toward" (see ob-) + portus "harbor" (see port (n.1)). Related: Opportunely.
雙語例句
- 1. The timing of the meetings was opportune.
- 會議的時間安排得恰到好處。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The offer could not have come at a more opportune moment.
- 那個建議提得正是時候。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 3. The timing of our statement is very opportune.
- 我們發(fā)表聲明選擇的時機很恰當(dāng).
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 4. Her arrival was very opportune.
- 她來得非常及時.
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 5. The invention of the guillotine was opportune to this mood.
- 斷頭臺的發(fā)明恰好適合這種氣氛.
來自英漢非文學(xué) - 歷史