Let an opportunity slip
错过机会
🧩 词语组成解析
let
[lɛt]
允许，任由;让，随;假设;出租;
an
[æn]
art. 一（在元音字母前代替不定代词a）;一任一某一;一个;
opportunity
[ˌɑpɚˈtunɪti, -ˈtju-]
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
slip
[slip]
vi. 滑，滑脱;犯过失，出错;（时间）不知不觉地过去;（健康状况等）变差;
vt. 使顺利滑动;摆脱;放松，松开;
n. 跌倒，失足;纸条;失误，口误;事故;
adj. 滑动的;可拆卸的;打有活结的;
abbr. 串行线路接口协议(Serial Line Interface Protocol);
🗣️ 情景例句
T-O-P-S--means Talented Older People's Society. T-O-P-S
全名是优秀老人协会。
I finish working at 5:45 p.m.
我在下午5:45点完成工作。
As the floods had put the telephone out of order, we could not find out how they were managing.
由于洪水造成了电话中断，我们无法了解他们情况。