opportunity [,ɔpə"tju:niti]n.机会, 时机, 良机equal employment opportunity就业机会均等optimum educational opportunity最佳教育机会I take this opportunity of thanking you.我趁此机会感谢你们。 习惯用语afford an opportunity 给机会afford the opportunity 给机会find an opportunity 找到机会find the opportunity 找到机会get an opportunity 得到机会get the opportunity 得到机会give an opportunity 给机会give the opportunity 给机会make an opportunity 造就机会make the opportunity 造就机会miss an opportunity 失去机会miss the opportunity 失去机会seize an opportunity 给[找着, 得到, 给, 造, 失去, 抓住, 利用]机会seize the opportunity 抓住机会take an opportunity 利用机会take the opportunity 利用机会at the earliest opportunity 一有机会at the first opportunity 一有机会on the first opportunity 一有机会catch opportunity by the forelock 抓住时机, 不错过机会seize opportunity by the forelock 抓住时机, 不错过机会take opportunity by the forelock 抓住时机, 不错过机会golden opportunity 绝好的机会have an opportunity for doing sth. 有做某事的机会have an opportunity to do sth. 有做某事的机会have no opportunity for doing sth. 没有做某事的机会have no opportunity to do sth. 没有做某事的机会have little opportunity for doing sth. 很少有做某事的机会have little opportunity to do sth. 很少有做某事的机会have not much opportunity for doing sth. 有不多的做某事的机会have not much opportunity to do sth. 有不多的做某事的机会improve the opportunity 利用[抓住]机会利用机会说教一番let an opportunity slip 坐失良机make the most of an opportunity 尽力利用机会take the opportunity of doing sth. 乘机做某事take the opportunity to do sth. 乘机做某事take the opportunity for doing sth. 乘机做某事seize the opportunity of doing sth. 乘机做某事seize the opportunity to do sth. 乘机做某事seize the opportunity for doing sth. 乘机做某事O-makes the thief. [谚]疏忽招盗贼。opportunity 拉丁词根port港口，o-在…附近 参考词汇opportunity , occasion , chance , break 这组词的一般含义是“时机”或“机会”。不管在口语中或者在文学作品中，这几个都是常用的词。 opportunity表示某时机符合自己想干某事的意愿、目的、雄心甚至野心。比方：“伺机而动”，这“而动”即去做自己想去完成的事情，此语可译为wait for an opportunity to take action；“借此机会说几句话”，这“说几句话”即说明该时机符合自己想干某事的意愿， 此语可译为to avail oneself of the opportunity to say a few words. Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures,but few of us have had the opportunity to find out.或许这两种想象中都有一定的真实成分，但是我们中很少有人有机会去发现它。A man without an education,many of us believe,is an unfortunate victim of adverse circumstances deprived of one of the greatest twenty-century opportunities.我们许多人都相信，没有受过教育的人是境况不佳的不幸牺牲品，他们被剥夺了20世纪最了不起的机会之一。occasion含有opportunity所能表达的这样一层意思：某时机能激发或唤起某人的某种行为，如：在“必要时”一语中便包含着激发某行为的时刻，此语可译为When occasion demands…；“这不是哭泣的时候。”这句话可译为It"s no occasion for crying。在to have no occasion todo…固定词组中，occasion之所以能够引申为reason或cause的含义，也是与occasion的上述基本词义有关的。 This sort of thing is usual on occasions like this.这类事情在这种场合是常见的。This is not an occasion for laughter.这不是笑的时候。（指不适合于笑，或不是笑的场合。）chance表示幸运或偶然的时机 Perhaps it is the desire for solitude or the chance of making an unexpected discovery that lures men down to the depths of the earth.可能正是寻觅幽静的去处，或者找个猎奇的机会的欲望引诱着人们进入地球的深处。No one discovers a rarity by chance.侥幸发现一件珍品的人是没有的。break作为时机解，一般要求修饰语，如：a good break, a bad break,即“走运”或“坏运气”。这个词的基本意思是：走运不能老走运，倒霉不能老倒霉，总有个break的 That fellow gets all the breaks;he has been working there for only six months and has already been promoted to the position of vice-president.那个家伙真走运，在那里才干了6个月，就已经被提升到总副经理的职位了。He has been assailed by bad breaks all these years.这些年来他接二连三地倒霉。名词 n.1.机会, 时机 He sought opportunities of doing her little service.他寻找机会为她尽一点力。2.适当的时机；有利的场合3.条件4.就业(或晋升、进步等)的良机
