opportune

英 [ˈɒp.ə.tʃuːn]      美 [ˌɑː.pɚˈtuːn]
  • adj. 适当的;恰好的;合时宜的
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将“opportune”分解为“op”+“port”+“tune”,可以记忆为:“op”像是“open”(开放的),表示机会;“port”联想到“port”港口,代表到达或位置;“tune”与“timely”谐音,意味着及时。整体记忆为:一个开放到达的位置正是及时的机会。

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opportune 适当的,有机会的

来自拉丁语opportunus,合适的,有利的,来自短语ob portum veniens,朝向港口的风,来自ob,朝向,向前,portum,港口,词源同port,veniens,来,词源同advent.后引申词义适当的,有机会的。比较inopportune.

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.
1. The timing of the meetings was opportune.
会议的时间安排得恰到好处。
2. The offer could not have come at a more opportune moment.
那个建议提得正是时候。
3. The timing of our statement is very opportune.
我们发表声明选择的时机很恰当.
4. Her arrival was very opportune.
她来得非常及时.
5. The invention of the guillotine was opportune to this mood.
断头台的发明恰好适合这种气氛.