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单词 inopportune
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inopportune

adjective
/ɪnˈɒpətjuːn/
/ɪnˌɑːpərˈtuːn/
(formal)
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  1. happening at a bad time synonym inappropriate, inconvenient
    • They arrived at an inopportune moment.
    opposite opportune
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryInopportune is used with these nouns:
    • moment
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    Word Originearly 16th cent.: from Latin inopportunus, from in- ‘not’ + opportunus, from ob- ‘in the direction of’ + portus ‘harbour’, originally describing the wind driving towards the harbour, hence ‘seasonable’.
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