Re: [Ask ] explanation of the sentence

看板EngTalk (全英文聊天)作者rrr518 (理沙)時間8年前 (2016/10/13 10:33)推噓1(1推 0噓 1→)

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※ 引述《a0925651 (布洛街)》之銘言： : I read a sentence from an article in business magazine, and not : quite certain about what the contributor meant, it goes as follow : xxx's writing is witty and anecdotal,and his advice will do more good : than harm, but if his aim is to impart understanding, the book(XXXX) : is an opportunity squandered. : ps: xxx is the anthor of XXXX : My question is what does opportunity squandered mean? : I looked up the word across all the online dictionaries, I haven't : been sure of it yet. : Does it mean the opportunity is a "rare catch"? or something else? : Additionally, the contributor put it in a positive light or negative one? : the word "squander" is used in a negative way now, that's why it confuses : me. : ask for advice , so grateful. I think 'opportunity squandered' means that waste the chance. It's easy to understand why the article use 'squander' such a negative word. The article is xxx's writing is witty and anecdotal,and his advice will do more good than harm, but if his aim is to impart understanding, the book(XXXX) is an opportunity squandered. Sentence before 'but' tells xxx's writing is witty and anecdotal, and his advise will do more good than harm. Which means smart and funny, and its advise is great. BUT if he just hope readers to understand rather than encourage readers to blablabla Than xxx waste his chance. That is what I thought. Maybe you will find out the correct answer. Please share with me. -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc), 來自: 211.74.78.163 ※ 文章網址: https://www.ptt.cc/bbs/EngTalk/M.1476326024.A.A19.html