【同义词辨析】 适时seasonable-pat
seasonable: implies appropriateness to the season or being perfectly fitted to the occasion or situation: ~ weather. (appropriate十分合适=fit) (又如seasonable temperatures/clothes/moment合时令的气温/衣服/适当的时机) (season季节;occasion时间时机time or situation;situation情况,"合适的"情况即时机,三个词可统一译为"时间")
timely: applies to what occurs or appears at the time or moment when it is most useful or valuable: a ~ warning. (又如timely arrival/reminder/rain/snow及时赶到/提醒/雨/瑞雪)
well-timed: applies to what is so timely as to suggest care, forethought, or design: a ~ remark that stifled objections. (如he built the company through a string of well-timed acquisitions通过一系列时机恰到好处的并购,他建立了这家公司,如本例恰到时机的一句话)
opportune: describes something that comes, often by chance, at the best possible moment and works to the advantage of those concerned: an idea that arose from an ~ remark. (又如he couldn't have arrived at a less opportune moment他当时来得太不是时候了,如the opportune use of humour to lower tension适时运用幽默来缓和紧张气氛) 这个词的名词是机会机遇
pat: may apply to what is notably apt, ready, or well-suited to the occasion: a ~ remark; or to what is so very apt as to be suspect: offered an alibi that seemed too ~. apt贴切,即语言精确得体,如a speech laced with some apt quotations演讲中包含了贴切的引用
seasonable合时令: 指某物适合于时间,timely及时适时: 表示某物在最有用的时间发生,well-timed时间恰好: 像是事先精心设计的,opportune时间恰好: 在最有利的时间发生,pat时间恰好: 明显恰到好处,甚至让人怀疑
记忆方法: 1) 首字母STWOP想成W我 + STOP停止<==适时停止
2) 适时的意思是适合于时间mean peculiarly appropriate to the time or situation.首字母STWOP想成W我 + STOP停止<==适时停止