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单词 opportunity
释义
opportunity
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n

Seize the noun, opportunity, if you're talking about circumstances that allow you do to something you'd like to do. Wouldn't you love to have the opportunity to meet your favorite musician?
When the situation is right for you to do something you're interested in doing, you have the opportunity to do it. The word comes from the Latin phrase, ob portum veniens "coming toward a port" which refers to a favorable wind blowing ships into the harbor. Think of an opportunity as something a good wind blew your way.
WORD FAMILY
opportunity: opportunism, opportunities+/inopportune: inopportunely, inopportuneness/opportune: inopportune, opportunely, opportuneness, opportunity/opportunism: opportunist, opportunistic/opportunist: opportunists/opportunistic: opportunistically
USAGE EXAMPLES
Explaining this research is clearly within the mandate of the Labor Department, whose mission statement includes a pledge to “advance opportunities for profitable employment.”
Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017)
“The ivory trade is a great opportunity for China to show its commitment to its global responsibilities,” he wrote in an email.
New York Times(Jan 02, 2017)
“I think the magnitude and the opportunity, I think he pressed a little bit,” Del Rio said.
Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017)
n a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
chance
brass ring
a rich opportunity or a prize
day
a period of opportunity
clean slate, fresh start, tabula rasa
an opportunity to start over without prejudice
audience, hearing
an opportunity to state your case and be heard
hunting ground
a place where opportunities abound
occasion
an opportunity to do something
opening
opportunity especially for employment or promotion
room
opportunity for
say
the chance to speak
crack, shot
a chance to do something
street
a situation offering opportunities
throw
a single chance or instance
cut-rate sale, sale, sales event
an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices
possibility, possibleness
capability of existing or happening or being true
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