n. 机会;适当的时机良机;有利的环境,条件;
💡 op=ob靠近 + portun=harbor港口+ ity 表名词 → 向港口靠近 →机会
"He took the opportunity to deliver us another snub."
他借机再次冷落我们.
近义:instance, occasion, case, episode, event, happening
反义:hindrance, hitch, knot, misadventure, mishap, obstacle
adv. 一次,一趟;一倍;曾经;一旦;
conj. 一旦…就…;一经;
n. 一次,一回;
💡 on=one一+ce次 → 一次
"Once in the bloodstream, the bacteria adhere to the surface of the red cells."
细菌一进入血液里,就附着在红细胞表面上。
近义:heretofore, occasionally, onetime, previously, sometimes, thereinbefore