opportunity 音标拼音: [
, ɑpɚt'unəti]
n . 机会,机遇,凑巧,方便
机会,机遇,凑巧,方便
opportunity n 1 :
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances ; "
the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington "; "
now is your chance " [
synonym :
{
opportunity }, {
chance }]
Opportunity \
Op `
por *
tu "
ni *
ty \,
n .;
pl . {
Opportunities }. [
F .
opportunit ['
e ],
L .
opportunitas .
See {
Opportune }.]
1 .
Fit or convenient time or situation ;
a time or place permitting or favorable for the execution of a purpose ;
a suitable combination of conditions ;
suitable occasion ;
chance .
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A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds . --
Bacon .
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2 .
Convenience of situation ;
fitness . [
Obs .]
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Hull ,
a town of great strength and opportunity ,
both to sea and land affairs . --
Milton .
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3 .
Importunity ;
earnestness . [
Obs .] --
Jer .
Taylor .
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Syn :
Occasion ;
convenience ;
occurrence .
Usage : {
Opportunity }, {
Occasion }.
An occasion is that which falls in our way ,
or presents itself in the course of events ;
an opportunity is a convenience or fitness of time ,
place ,
etc .,
for the doing of a thing .
Hence ,
occasions often make opportunities .
The occasion of sickness may give opportunity for reflection .
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75 Moby Thesaurus words for "
opportunity ":
a leg up ,
accidentality ,
actuarial calculation ,
adventitiousness ,
bout ,
break ,
casualness ,
chance ,
clear stage ,
destiny ,
fair field ,
fair game ,
fate ,
flukiness ,
fortuitousness ,
fortuity ,
fortune ,
gamble ,
go ,
good fortune ,
good luck ,
hap ,
happenstance ,
happy chance ,
heedless hap ,
hope ,
how they fall ,
indeterminacy ,
indeterminateness ,
inning ,
innings ,
juncture ,
law of averages ,
leisure ,
liberty ,
look -
in ,
lot ,
luck ,
moira ,
moment ,
occasion ,
opening ,
opportunism ,
pass ,
place ,
possibility ,
prayer ,
principle of indeterminacy ,
probability ,
problematicness ,
random sample ,
relief ,
risk ,
room ,
round ,
run of luck ,
say ,
scope ,
serendipity ,
shot ,
show ,
space ,
spell ,
squeak ,
statistical probability ,
stepping -
stone ,
the breaks ,
theory of probability ,
time ,
time at bat ,
turn ,
uncertainty ,
uncertainty principle ,
whack ,
whatever comes
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