• adj. 適當(dāng)?shù)?；恰好的；合時宜的

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(jī)會的。比較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.

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(jī)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