私たちは opportunity を利用して、やりたいことができる状況について話します。 Opportunity の後には、 to 不定詞形または + -ing 形 of 動詞が続くのが最も一般的です。

I had the opportunity to go to university when I was younger but I didn’t. Now I wish I had gone.

否定: I had the possibility …

A:

I’ve been waiting for an to talk to you privately. Are you free now? opportunity をずっと待っていました。 to talk to you privately. Are you free now?

B:

Yes. What is it about?

しない: … waiting for a possibility to …

This walk provides the opportunity of seeing some beautiful countryside.

私たちは possibility を使って、起こるかもしれないことや真実であることについて話します。 Possibility の後には、通常、 of + 名詞句または of + -ing 形式、または that -節が続きます。

I had never even thought of the possibility of working in the USA until I was offered a job there in 1998.

否: … the possibility to work in the USA …

The possibility that there is life on other planets in the universe has always inspired scientists.