(of a time 时间 suitable for doing a particular thing, so that it is likely to be successful 恰好的；适当的；恰当的 The offer could not have come at a more opportune moment. 那个建议提得正是时候。 Chapman decided the time was opportune for talking business. 查普曼认为这是谈生意的好时机。 It was an opportune time to look at the offer in more detail. 这是一个更详细地审视报价的好时机。
(of an action or event 行动或事情 done or happening at the right time to be successful 及时的；适时的 an opportune remark 适时的言辞 The publication of the book now is quite opportune. 这本书现在出版非常及时。
opposite inopportune
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French opportun(e), from Latin opportunus, from ob- ‘in the direction of’ + portus ‘harbour’, originally describing the wind driving towards the harbour, hence ‘seasonable’.