Done or said at exactly the right moment.

Done or said at exactly the right moment在恰恰好的時機做出或說出的。

The action itself might be quite ordinary — a phone call, a joke, a question, walking into a room — and what makes it 'well-timed' is only WHEN it happened. A well-timed joke lands because the room was ready for it; the same joke ten seconds earlier is just noise.

The action itself might be quite ordinary這個動作本身可能很平常——a phone call, a joke, a question, walking into a room一通電話、一個笑話、一個問題、走進一個房間——and what makes it 'well-timed' is only WHEN it happened而讓它變成「well-timed（抓對時機）」的，只是它發生的「時間點」。A well-timed joke lands because the room was ready for it一個抓對時機的笑話會成功，是因為現場氣氛剛好準備好了；the same joke ten seconds earlier is just noise同一個笑話早十秒說出來，就只是噪音。

So this is praise for a person's sense of timing, not for the thing they did. It sits before a noun most of the time ('a well-timed break', 'a well-timed goal') but you can also say 'that was well timed' after something happens, and many people write it without the hyphen there.

So this is praise for a person's sense of timing所以這是在稱讚一個人的時機感，not for the thing they did而不是在稱讚他做的那件事本身。It sits before a noun most of the time它大多時候放在名詞前面（'a well-timed break', 'a well-timed goal'像「抓準時機的休息」、「抓準時機的一球」），but you can also say 'that was well timed' after something happens但事情發生後你也可以說「that was well timed」，and many people write it without the hyphen there而且很多人在這種位置寫的時候不加連字號。

In sport and in business news you meet it a lot: a well-timed pass, a well-timed investment.

In sport and in business news在體育和財經新聞裡 you meet it a lot你會常常遇到它：a well-timed pass, a well-timed investment抓準時機的傳球、抓準時機的投資。

Note it is usually about a small window — the moment would have passed. If something is good simply because it happened at all, you would not use this word.

Note it is usually about a small window要注意這通常是在講一個很小的時間窗——the moment would have passed錯過那一刻，機會就過去了。If something is good simply because it happened at all如果一件事只是「有發生」就算好，you would not use this word你就不會用這個字。

There is a dry, joking use too: someone arrives just as the work is finished, and a friend says 'well timed' meaning the opposite. Tone of voice tells you which one it is.

There is a dry, joking use too還有一種乾乾的、開玩笑的用法：someone arrives just as the work is finished某人剛好在事情做完時才到，and a friend says 'well timed' meaning the opposite朋友就會說「well timed」，意思其實正好相反。Tone of voice tells you which one it is語氣會告訴你是哪一種意思。