プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
こうき【好機】
a good opportunity [chance]
好機を逸する
miss a good chance
うっかりして好機を逸した
I was off my guard and let the opportunity slip by.
ただちに好機をつかんでその勤め口に申し込んだ
「He at once seized the chance [《文》 He quickly availed himself of the opportunity] to apply for the post.
今こそ彼にそれを頼む好機だ
Now is the time for you to ask him for it.
船で世界一周の旅をする千載一遇の好機であった
It was 「the chance of a lifetime [a golden opportunity] for me to make a round-the-world voyage.
好機逸すべからず
((諺)) Take opportunity by the forelock.／Strike while the iron is hot.