词汇 | inopportunely |
释义 | inopportunely adverb formaluk /ɪˈnɒp.ə.tʃuːn.li/ us /ˌɪnˌɑː.pɚˈtuːn.li/ in a way that happens or is done at a time that is not suitable or convenient: 不合时宜地;不凑巧地 His legs inopportunely failed him at times.他的腿时不时会突然不听使唤。 Her arrival was very inopportunely timed.她的到来非常不合时宜。 See inopportune They hadn't invited Brian, but he had inopportunely tagged along. Unfortunately his parents returned home inopportunely. In the garden Vronsky had spoken about his activities inopportunely. Inconvenience a pain (in the neck)idiom a pain in the arse/backsideidiom aggravation aggro awkward bother bulky disturbance fuss hassle have fun and gamesidiom imposition incommode nuisance palaver pinprick pisser tempest untoward untowardly Examples of inopportunelyinopportunely It is almost an impossibility to produce delicate colors on vegetable fabrics which were gathered inopportunely. From Project Gutenberg True, it is a crude artistry, for intelligence does not sufficiently guide it, and her art is used sometimes indiscriminately and inopportunely. From Project Gutenberg Deep devotion is sometimes a little erratic; always afraid of doing too little, doing it badly or inopportunely. From Project Gutenberg She knew that she had broken up many happy hours by weeping inopportunely. From Project Gutenberg The next day the poor commandant who had so inopportunely taken and given the alarm was brought before the council of war. From Project Gutenberg Similar, in its trickiness, to the relation of opposites is the effect of any other facile association which may under certain circumstances arise most inopportunely. From Project Gutenberg This blow, so terrible to the grandmother and her dependent child, had occurred, too, most inopportunely, as to time. From Project Gutenberg His brain was in a seething turmoil; but overtopping every other emotion was anger at the man who had arrived so inopportunely. From Project Gutenberg The silver teapot arrived at this juncture, and not inopportunely. From Project Gutenberg I would not dare tell him things if he spoke of them afterward so inopportunely. From Project Gutenberg He feared to do it awkwardly, inopportunely, and so reopen the wound caused by the death of her husband. From Project Gutenberg Just at this moment a picturesque, gallant, ambitious, dashing, and rather unscrupulous character appeared inopportunely on the horizon. From Project Gutenberg The magic lamp had gone out most inopportunely! From Project Gutenberg He must go back and tell her how inopportunely things had turned out, and how sorry he was that he could not keep his promise. From Project Gutenberg There are ten of them on guard yonder, by the way, in case your brother should return inopportunely, though that's scarcely probable. From Project Gutenberg These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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