Dictionary Workbench Ondict

opportunism

Dictionary entry view. Switch to definition mode above when you know the meaning but not the word.

opportunism

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++op·por·tun·is·m /ˌɒpəˈtjuːnɪzəm $ ˌɑːpərˈtuː-/ noun [uncountable]  CHANCE/OPPORTUNITYusing every opportunity to gain power, money, or unfair advantages – used to show disapproval 机会主义,投机取巧〔含贬义〕 He accused the diary’s publishers of blatant opportunism. 他指责这本日记的出版商公然地投机取巧。
Examples from the Corpus
opportunismAnd, although opportunism has often got the better of his instincts, he has tended towards social tolerance.The Republicans, still angered by the Bridgeport opportunism that cheated them of a seat, made Daley suffer for it.In general, opportunism rather than predetermination is the key.There was certainly more to it than mere opportunism.Endara criticized Arias's decision as political opportunism, claiming that he intended preparing his candidature for the 1994 presidential elections.But he was still at an experimental stage of his thinking, and this enabled his political opportunism to come into play.To her opponents, Goodright's support for minority rights looked like political opportunism.Divorced from the program of revolutionary Marxism, cadres immersed in the mass movement eventually succumb to opportunism.
op·por·tun·is·m nounChineseSyllable
Corpus opportunity money, using power, gain or unfair every to


opportunism
opportunism /ˌɒpəˈtjuːnɪzəm $ ˌɑːpərˈtuː-/ noun [uncountable]
using every opportunity to gain power, money, or unfair advantages – used to show disapproval:
    He accused the diary’s publishers of blatant opportunism.


op·por·tun·ismBrE /ˌɒpəˈtjuːnɪzəm/ 🔊NAmE /ˌɑːpərˈtuːnɪzəm/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (disapproving) the practice of using situations unfairly to gain advantage for yourself without thinking about how your actions will affect other people 机会主义