Smith is not bitter about the lost opportunity to compete in the games.

史密斯没有因为错过参赛机会而痛苦。

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They conclude that the postwar demise of this vital alliance constituted a lost opportunity for the civil rights movement that followed the war.

他们得出的结论是，这个至关重要的联盟在战后的覆灭，使战后的民权运动失去了机会。

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However, if you spend valuable time stressing over money, or lost opportunity, you'll never get that time back.

但是你要是花费宝贵的时间或者丢掉了机会，你就永远不能够重回那一刻。

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"I'm saying that this money, this opportunity that could be lost if it's not used will not happen to you again for another ten years,ten years.

VOA: special.2010.05.07

Now they are paying for it. "They certainly lost an opportunity that we had in January where it would have cost roughly sixty billion euros to save Greece."

VOA: special.2010.05.07

The flip side of this is that lousy customer service is a lost opportunity.

FORBES: What Customers Want: Companies That Bend the Rules

More difficult to estimate is the cost to Mindanao in lost opportunity and continuing poverty.

CNN: A Warrior Comes in From the Cold

Officials in Berlin believe the first months of Francois Hollande's administration have been a lost opportunity.

BBC: Eurozone crisis: Troubling year ahead