window of opportunity

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌwɪndəʊ‿əv ˌɒpəˈtjuːnɪtɪ/|/-ˈt͡ʃuː-/    美 /ˌwɪndoʊ‿əv ˌɑpɚˈt(j)unəti/|[-ɾi]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A (usually limited) period of time in which suitable action can achieve success.
    — U.S. officials also thought a preventive war [against the Soviet Union] would be costly, and U.S. allies would be disapproving. Thus U.S. leaders saw a fading window of opportunity, but the opportunity was not very attractive; it would not be followed by vulnerability; and it probably would not be followed by a war.

词形变化

windows of opportunity plural opportunity window alternative

词源

Popularized by its use by the United States Government in the 1970s in reference to the Cold War (1945–1991).
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