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inopportune

/in-op-er-toon, -tyoon/US // ɪnˌɒp ərˈtun, -ˈtyun //UK // (ɪnˈɒpəˌtjuːn) //

不合时宜,不合时宜的,不入时宜,不合时宜地

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : not opportune; inappropriate; inconvenient; untimely or unseasonable: an inopportune visit.

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Examples

  • Crucially, the quality of LuLaRoe’s clothing took a dive, tearing easily or displaying strange prints in inopportune places.

  • Sadly, I didn’t feel as secure with the AirPods Max, which I always seemed to drain at an inopportune midday point.

  • If the Wizards don’t look to the future as soon as possible, the future will come hunting at an inopportune time.

  • The cancellation of the tours has come at a particularly inopportune time.

  • Some groups outside the Vatican also see him as an inopportune choice.

  • Nothing could be more inopportune, nothing more contrary to the welfare of the distracted country!

  • Then I say, 'I regret to have arrived at such an inopportune moment.'

  • Pisistratus could not feel flattered by passages intended to exhibit his ancestor as a conceited and inopportune old babbler.

  • The light and cheer of the club house seemed inopportune, like mirth at a funeral, and he retired into a distant corner to think.

  • She was inwardly raging at them for having chosen a time so inopportune for making a call.