opportunity: [14] Opportunity has its origins in a Latin nautical term denoting ‘favourable winds’. This was opportūnus, a compound adjective formed from the prefix ob- ‘to’ and portus ‘harbour’ (source of English port). It was used originally for winds, ‘blowing towards the harbour’, and since it is good when such advantageous winds arrive, it developed metaphorically to ‘coming at a convenient time’. From it English got opportune [15] and the derived opportunity. Opportunism [19] is a much more recent introduction, which originated in the world of Italian politics. => port
opportunity (n.)
late 14c., from Old French opportunite (13c.) and directly from Latin opportunitatem (nominative opportunitas) "fitness, convenience, suitableness, favorable time," from opportunus (see opportune). Opportunity cost attested from 1911. Expression opportunity knocks but once (at any man's door) attested from 1898.
实用例句
1. Good luck is when an opportunity comes along and you're prepared for it.
好运就是当机会来临时，你早已做好了准备。
来自金山词霸 每日一句
2. The opportunity had gone. His mind scrabbled for alternatives.
机会已经失去。他苦苦思索别的方案。
来自柯林斯例句
3. First-generation Americans view the United States as a land of golden opportunity.
第一代美国人认为美国是一个充满了机遇的国度。
来自柯林斯例句
4. The owners don't want to overlook any opportunity to make a buck.
老板们不想错过任何可以赚钱的机会。
来自柯林斯例句
5. Their colleagues insulted them whenever the opportunity presented itself.
