inopportune
inopportune 英 [ɪnˈɒpətju:n] 美 [ɪnˌɑpərˈtun]
adj. 不凑巧的，不适当的；不合时机的
- Since the meaning of "opportune" is "favorable" or "well-timed," it's easy to guess that the meaning of inopportune means something that is ill-timed or inappropriate. That little prefix in- means "not," and it totally turns the meaning of a word around.
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- adj. 不凑巧的，不适当的；不合时机的
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1. The problem is these issues will often arise at inopportune times.
问题是这些意外情况经常在不合适的时间发生。
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2. Very young children tend to ask about pregnancy and birth very openly (often at the most inopportune times such as in the grocery check-out line).
非常小的孩子倾向于问怀孕和生育的问题，非常的无所隐讳，常常还是在最不适合的时刻，比如商店的收银处。
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3. Programs can register to handle various kinds of signals, but signals can happen at the most inopportune times, including while you're already handling another signal.
程序可以注册处理各种类型的信号，但是信号可能会在 最不合适的时候出现，包括您正在处理另一个信号的时候。
- inopportune (adj.) 1530s, from Late Latin inopportunus "unfitting," from in- "not" + opportunus "favorable, convenient" (see opportune). Rare or obsolete in 18c. Related: Inopportunely; inopportuneness; inopportunity.
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