SAT巴朗3500词汇表之第177篇

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opportune ADJ. /世纪恰巧的;刚好的/timely; well-chosen. Sally. looked at her father struggling to balance his checkbook; clearly this would not be an opportune moment to ask him for a raise in her allowance.

opportunist N. /机会主义者/individual who sacrifices principles for expediency by taking advantage of circumstances. Joe is such an opportunist that he tripled the price of bottled water at his store as soon as the earthquake struck. Because it can break water pipes, an earthquake is, to most people, a disaster; to Joe, it was an opportunity.

optician N. /眼镜商/maker and seller of eyeglasses. The patient took the prescription given him by his oculist} o the optician.

optimist N. /乐观者/person who looks on the good side. The pessimist says the glass is half-empty; the optimist says it is half-full.

optimum ADJ. /的/most favorable. If you wait for the optimum moment to act, you may never begin your project. also N.

optional ADJ. /可选的/not obligatory; left to one's choice. Most colleges require applicants to submit SAT I scores; at some colleges, however, submitting SAT I scores is optional.

opulence N. /奢华;巨富;富裕，富足/extreme wealth; luxuriousness; abundance. The glitter and opulence of the ballroom took Cinderella's breath away. opulent,ADJ.

opus N. /作品/work. Although many critics hailed his Fifth Symphony as his major work, he did not regard it as his major opus.

oracular ADJ. /神一样的;谜一样的;超自然的，无法理解的/prophetic; uttered as if with divine authority; mysterious or ambiguous. Like many others who sought divine guidance from the oracle at Delphi, Oedipus could not understand the enigmatic oracularwarning he received.

orator N. /演讲者/public speaker. The abolitionist Frederick Douglass was a brilliant orator whose speeches brought home to his audience the evils of slavery.

ordain V. /指定;规定;任命;命令/decree or command; grant holy orders; predestine. The king ordained that no foreigner should be allowed to enter the city. The Bishop of Michigan ordained David a deacon in the Episcopal Church. The young lovers felt that fate had ordained their meeting.

ordeal N. /严酷的考验;折磨/severe trial or affliction. June was so painfully shy that it was an ordeal for her to speak up when the teacher called on her in class.

ordinance N. /法令;政令/decree. Passing a red light is a violation of a city ordinance.

ordination N. /圣职授任;委任/ceremony making someone a minister. At the young priest's ordination, the members of the congregation presented him with a set of vestments. ordain,V.

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