When an opportunity is neglected,it never comes back to you.
机不可失,时不再来;机会一过,永不再来。
英文谚语 3120 句(二)
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📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
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
a. 被忽视的, 未被好好照管的\\n[法] 未被好好照管的, 被忽视的
近义:outcast, outlawed, refuse, rejected, unattended, unheard
n. 背,背部;背面,反面;后面,后部;(椅子等的)靠背;
vt. 使后退;支持;加背书于;下赌注于;
vi. 后退;倒退;
adj. 背部的;后面的;以前的;拖欠的;
adv. 以前;向后地;
"Water allotments to farmers were cut back in the drought."
在干旱时期配给农民的水量减少。
近义:second, support, endorse, illustrate, document, backtrack
反义:impel, inch, save, loop, sheer, slew