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Opportunistic Advantage People Wrong 英 ˌɒpətjuː'Nɪstɪk] 美 ˌɑːpərtuː'Nɪstɪk Adj.机会主义的;投机取巧的;对免疫系统差的人有害的

英语单词 opportunistic
英美音标 英 [ˌɒpətjuː'nɪstɪk] 美 [ˌɑːpərtuː'nɪstɪk]
中文释义 adj.机会主义的;投机取巧的;对免疫系统差的人有害的
英语例句 (1) Opportunistic trades do not have to derail long-time strategies.
(2) Most of the robberies have been opportunistic crimes against elderly people who live alone.
中文例句 (1) 机会主义式的交易到是没必要脱离长期战略。
(2) 多数的抢劫是针对独居老人的投机取巧的犯罪。
vocabulary简明 To be opportunistic is to quickly take advantage of a situation, usually in a way that's just plain wrong.
vocabulary扩展 You know how an opportunity is a chance to do something? When you're opportunistic, you take advantage of that chance, usually immediately. Most of the time, this word is not neutral: people described as opportunistic are also considered unethical, like a business taking advantage of employees or customers in an opportunistic way. If someone dropped their wallet and someone else found it and kept it, that would be opportunistic. Being opportunistic is shady and self-serving.
柯林斯解释
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](某人的行为)机会主义的,投机取巧的 If you describe someone's behaviour as opportunistic, you are critical of them because they take advantage of situations in order to gain money or power, without thinking about whether their actions are right or wrong.
  [disapproval]
  • Many of the party's members joined only for opportunistic reasons.

    该党很多成员只是抱着投机取巧的心理才加入其中的。

opportunistically
  • This nationalist feeling has been exploited opportunistically by several important politicians.

    几位头面政客不失时机地利用了这种民族主义情绪。

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