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
I think I've got them all, but I'm not sure.
我想我都已经拍齐了， 但我不能肯定。
Who has no haste in his business mountains to him seem valleys.
做事不急，履险如夷。
Even by modern standards, the 46,000 ton Titanic was a colossal ship.
却使用现代标准来衡量，45，000 吨的“泰坦尼克”号与算得上一艘巨轮了。