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
Aren't you happy with your present occupation?
你对目前的工作不满意吗？
Hey, you forgot about me! Don't leave me here!
喂，你把我给忘记了！别把我对丢在这里！
We were so excited, my brother and I, that we did not get to sleep until very late.
我们太激动，以至于我和我弟到很晚才睡得着。