opportunity的词源
英文词源
- opportunity
- opportunity: [14] Opportunity has its origins in a Latin nautical term denoting ‘favourable winds’. This was opportūnus, a compound adjective formed from the prefix ob- ‘to’ and portus ‘harbour’ (source of English port). It was used originally for winds, ‘blowing towards the harbour’, and since it is good when such advantageous winds arrive, it developed metaphorically to ‘coming at a convenient time’. From it English got opportune [15] and the derived opportunity. Opportunism [19] is a much more recent introduction, which originated in the world of Italian politics.
=> port - opportunity (n.)
- late 14c., from Old French opportunite (13c.) and directly from Latin opportunitatem (nominative opportunitas) "fitness, convenience, suitableness, favorable time," from opportunus (see opportune). Opportunity cost attested from 1911. Expression opportunity knocks but once (at any man's door) attested from 1898.
中文词源
在轮船发明之前，人们航海时极其依赖海上的风。如果在归航时，风向恰好吹向港口，那就太好了，可以轻松地返航。如果风向不对，就得多费不少周折，甚至可能滞留海上无法回到港口。但风向恰好吹向港口的情况很少见，如果能够遇到实属幸运。在拉丁语中水手们将归航时顺风称为opportunus，由ob（toward，朝向）+portus（port，港口）组合而成，字面意思就是“风吹向港口”，由此产生了英语单词opportune（恰好的）。而opportunus的名词形式opportunitatem则产生了英语单词opportunity（机会）。
opportune：[ˌɔpə'tun] adj.恰好的，合适的，合时宜的
opportunity：[ɒpə'tjuːnɪtɪ] n.机会，机遇，时机
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：opportunity 词源，opportunity 含义。
opportunity和opportune来源于拉丁语中由前缀ob-(来,临近)和名词portus(港口)组成的复合词opportunus,其意义为“吹向港口的风”→ “来的及时”。
词根词缀： op-来,临近 + -port-运输,携带 + un + -ity名词词尾
来自opportune,适当的，有机会的，-ity,名词后缀。
