单词 | inopportune |
释义 | in·op·por·tune /ɪnˈɒpətjuːn $ ˌɪnɑːpərˈtuːn◂/ adjective formal 1 TIME/RIGHT OR WRONG TIMEan inopportune moment or time is not suitable or good for something 〔时机或时间〕不合适的,不适宜的 OPP opportune I’m afraid you’ve called at rather an inopportune moment. 恐怕你的电话打得相当不是时候。2 TIME/RIGHT OR WRONG TIMEhappening at an unsuitable or bad time 〔时间〕不凑巧的,不合时宜的 an inopportune visit 不合时宜的探访Examples from the Corpusinopportune• Telemarketers always seem to call at the most inopportune moments.inopportune moment• And usually at the most inopportune moment.• But Minh Mang s measures came at an inopportune moment.• He always seemed to say innocently exactly the wrong thing at the most inopportune moment.• He kept fading into the oncoming traffic or blindly passing slower vehicles at the most inopportune moments.• The affair happened at the most inopportune moment.• Vologsky had constantly reassured himself that the repeated refusals were simply because his applications happened to be made at an inopportune moment.in·op·por·tune adjectiveChineseSyllable moment inopportune an not time Corpus or is |
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