opportune
英 ['?p?tju?n; ,?p?'tju?n]
美[??p?'tun]
- adj. 适当的；恰好的；合时宜的
GRE畅通词汇
词态变化
副词:?opportunely;
中文词源
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.
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. The timing of the meetings was opportune.
- 会议的时间安排得恰到好处。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The offer could not have come at a more opportune moment.
- 那个建议提得正是时候。
来自《权威词典》
- 3. The timing of our statement is very opportune.
- 我们发表声明选择的时机很恰当.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 4. Her arrival was very opportune.
- 她来得非常及时.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 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.
来自英汉非文学 - 历史