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
What you're saying is, in order for this center to succeed,
你刚才所说的意思是为了使中心能成功，
What's wrong now?
现在又怎么了。
In towns that are near the sea, the tiny lanterns which had been hung in the streets the night before, are placed into the water when the festival is over.
在靠海的城镇中，头天夜里挂在大街小巷的小灯笼在节后就放在了水里。