opportunism

Word family

op·por·tun·is·m /ˌɒpəˈtjuːnɪzəm $ ˌɑːpərˈtuː-/ noun [uncountableU]

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

opportunism• And, 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 noun

Chinese

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Corpus

BNC: 21537 COCA: 24193

opportunism

To have, or to take advantage of, an opportunity: benefit, get, gain...

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