Definition of opportunistic in English:

opportunistic

adjective ɒpətjuːˈnɪstɪkˌɑpərt(j)uˈnɪstɪk

1Exploiting immediate opportunities, especially regardless of planning or principle.
an opportunistic political lightweight
Example sentencesExamples
- We have lashed out at those we fear and allowed ourselves to be manipulated by opportunistic and exploitative politicians.
- The drafters viewed power politics, and the opportunistic use of Security Council vetoes, as an obstacle to individual accountability under international human rights law.
- It seems likely that this too was a politically opportunistic decision.
- These factors increase parents' vulnerability to opportunistic exploitation and raise their overall transaction costs with unfavourable implications for value creation.
- They are just so politically opportunistic that they are willing to put their short-term partisan interest ahead of the long-term national interest.
- I think he took an opportunistic political move in the area.
- I am proud to say that this Government's position is based on environmental integrity, whereas the Opposition's position is opportunistic, and inconsistent with its earlier stance.
- Political ideologies are quite often opportunistic with respect to institutional questions.
- Given the uncertainties that envelope them, one cannot blame them for being servile, opportunistic and selfish.
- Politicians, particularly brutally opportunistic politicians, take their cue from the temper of the times.
- Mr Flavin said the group would continue to increase sales through a combination of organic growth and opportunistic acquisitions.
- We are rapidly becoming a tawdry, mean, opportunistic and expedient culture, which I suppose reflects our political leadership on both sides.
- Can this deep division, composed as it is of moral, political, strategic, tactical and opportunistic elements, be bridged?
- It would be even more disturbing should it emerge that the approach is an opportunistic one, seeking merely to plunder industry without regard to the wider implications.
- All that was needed was a sustained opportunistic exploitation and minimal encouragement of what were still rather unimportant plant food sources.
- People think of us as opportunistic and selfish people who will do anything for power, and electing a leader on the basis of who will most likely return us to power is not a good way to go about changing that!
- In the movie, a political satire, Beatty plays an opportunistic Democrat who starts being brutally honest on the stump, eventually even talking in rap and wearing the oversized clothes of a hip-hop kid.
- The company's voracious appetite for acquisitions was opportunistic and did not follow a strategic plan, the report continues, and made it difficult for investors to compare results from year to year.
- I personally was encouraged from an early age to regard your country as opportunistic at minimum, greedy at best, and the worst bully in the playground at worst.
- Politicians here should learn the lesson that people can see through such opportunistic politiking.
Synonyms
egocentric, egotistic, egotistical, egomaniacal, self-centred, self-regarding, self-absorbed, self-obsessed, self-seeking, self-serving, wrapped up in oneself, inward-looking, introverted, self-loving
1. 1.1Ecology (of a plant or animal) able to spread quickly in a previously unexploited habitat.
  〔生态〕（动植物）能在新的栖息地迅速分布的
  opportunistic populations colonizing new substrates
  Example sentencesExamples
  The aforementioned birds are as opportunistic as humans, at least as far as habitat goes.
  In addition, the extra carbon dioxide increases plant growth - particularly for opportunistic species that thrive in cities, such as ragweed.
  Similar to the orcas described in the story, the great white shark is an opportunistic feeder.
  These disruptions have allowed opportunistic creatures to move in.
  The majority of species are opportunistic, preying upon anything they can overpower that comes within striking distance.
2. 1.2Medicine (of a microorganism or an infection caused by it) affecting patients only or chiefly when the immune system is depressed.
  〔医〕（微生物）机会感染的
  Example sentencesExamples
  Tuberculosis is the most frequent opportunistic infection amongst these patients with moderate to advanced immunosuppression.
  All patients had prior opportunistic infections.
  In advanced HIV infection, the presence of many opportunistic infections affecting the lungs may cause difficulties in the diagnosis of TB.
  Of the 43 patients with an opportunistic infection, 36 had a predominance of nodules smaller than 1 cm in diameter.
  Moreover, differential diagnosis to exclude opportunistic infections is difficult, due to relatively similar clinical and laboratory presentations.

Derivatives

opportunistically

adverb ɒpətjuːˈnɪstɪkliˌɑpərt(j)uˈnɪstək(ə)li

However, as opportunistically as St Brendan's took their three goals it was their inability to string any real sort of scoring run together that was their ultimate undoing.
Example sentencesExamples
- They opportunistically interpret your silence as a signal that they've recruited you into some kind of insurgency against the medical profession.
- The question now, therefore, is whether this can be turned to advantage by strengthening the bill in committee, or whether it will simply be used to change the bill opportunistically in order to inflict defeats on the government.
- The back cover of Dancing with de Beauvoir claims, rather opportunistically, that it is ‘a book for anyone who has ever fallen in love with France and wondered why’.
- It made it look as if he may have opportunistically taken his positions for political reasons.

Definition of opportunistic in US English:

opportunistic

adjectiveˌɑpərt(j)uˈnɪstɪkˌäpərt(y)o͞oˈnistik

1Exploiting chances offered by immediate circumstances without reference to a general plan or moral principle.
机会主义的
the change was cynical and opportunistic
该改变是玩世不恭和机会主义的。
Example sentencesExamples
- Politicians, particularly brutally opportunistic politicians, take their cue from the temper of the times.
- They are just so politically opportunistic that they are willing to put their short-term partisan interest ahead of the long-term national interest.
- We have lashed out at those we fear and allowed ourselves to be manipulated by opportunistic and exploitative politicians.
- The drafters viewed power politics, and the opportunistic use of Security Council vetoes, as an obstacle to individual accountability under international human rights law.
- Politicians here should learn the lesson that people can see through such opportunistic politiking.
- Mr Flavin said the group would continue to increase sales through a combination of organic growth and opportunistic acquisitions.
- I am proud to say that this Government's position is based on environmental integrity, whereas the Opposition's position is opportunistic, and inconsistent with its earlier stance.
- It would be even more disturbing should it emerge that the approach is an opportunistic one, seeking merely to plunder industry without regard to the wider implications.
- People think of us as opportunistic and selfish people who will do anything for power, and electing a leader on the basis of who will most likely return us to power is not a good way to go about changing that!
- I personally was encouraged from an early age to regard your country as opportunistic at minimum, greedy at best, and the worst bully in the playground at worst.
- Can this deep division, composed as it is of moral, political, strategic, tactical and opportunistic elements, be bridged?
- Political ideologies are quite often opportunistic with respect to institutional questions.
- We are rapidly becoming a tawdry, mean, opportunistic and expedient culture, which I suppose reflects our political leadership on both sides.
- I think he took an opportunistic political move in the area.
- All that was needed was a sustained opportunistic exploitation and minimal encouragement of what were still rather unimportant plant food sources.
- In the movie, a political satire, Beatty plays an opportunistic Democrat who starts being brutally honest on the stump, eventually even talking in rap and wearing the oversized clothes of a hip-hop kid.
- It seems likely that this too was a politically opportunistic decision.
- These factors increase parents' vulnerability to opportunistic exploitation and raise their overall transaction costs with unfavourable implications for value creation.
- Given the uncertainties that envelope them, one cannot blame them for being servile, opportunistic and selfish.
- The company's voracious appetite for acquisitions was opportunistic and did not follow a strategic plan, the report continues, and made it difficult for investors to compare results from year to year.
Synonyms
egocentric, egotistic, egotistical, egomaniacal, self-centred, self-regarding, self-absorbed, self-obsessed, self-seeking, self-serving, wrapped up in oneself, inward-looking, introverted, self-loving
1. 1.1Ecology (of a plant or animal) able to spread quickly in a previously unexploited habitat.
  〔生态〕（动植物）能在新的栖息地迅速分布的
  Example sentencesExamples
  The aforementioned birds are as opportunistic as humans, at least as far as habitat goes.
  These disruptions have allowed opportunistic creatures to move in.
  The majority of species are opportunistic, preying upon anything they can overpower that comes within striking distance.
  In addition, the extra carbon dioxide increases plant growth - particularly for opportunistic species that thrive in cities, such as ragweed.
  Similar to the orcas described in the story, the great white shark is an opportunistic feeder.
2. 1.2Medicine (of a microorganism or an infection caused by it) rarely affecting patients except in unusual circumstances, typically when the immune system is depressed.
  〔医〕（微生物）机会感染的
  Example sentencesExamples
  All patients had prior opportunistic infections.
  Moreover, differential diagnosis to exclude opportunistic infections is difficult, due to relatively similar clinical and laboratory presentations.
  In advanced HIV infection, the presence of many opportunistic infections affecting the lungs may cause difficulties in the diagnosis of TB.
  Of the 43 patients with an opportunistic infection, 36 had a predominance of nodules smaller than 1 cm in diameter.
  Tuberculosis is the most frequent opportunistic infection amongst these patients with moderate to advanced immunosuppression.

词汇	opportunistic
释义	Definition of opportunistic in English: opportunistic adjective ɒpətjuːˈnɪstɪkˌɑpərt(j)uˈnɪstɪk 1Exploiting immediate opportunities, especially regardless of planning or principle. an opportunistic political lightweight Example sentencesExamples We have lashed out at those we fear and allowed ourselves to be manipulated by opportunistic and exploitative politicians. The drafters viewed power politics, and the opportunistic use of Security Council vetoes, as an obstacle to individual accountability under international human rights law. It seems likely that this too was a politically opportunistic decision. These factors increase parents' vulnerability to opportunistic exploitation and raise their overall transaction costs with unfavourable implications for value creation. They are just so politically opportunistic that they are willing to put their short-term partisan interest ahead of the long-term national interest. I think he took an opportunistic political move in the area. I am proud to say that this Government's position is based on environmental integrity, whereas the Opposition's position is opportunistic, and inconsistent with its earlier stance. Political ideologies are quite often opportunistic with respect to institutional questions. Given the uncertainties that envelope them, one cannot blame them for being servile, opportunistic and selfish. Politicians, particularly brutally opportunistic politicians, take their cue from the temper of the times. Mr Flavin said the group would continue to increase sales through a combination of organic growth and opportunistic acquisitions. We are rapidly becoming a tawdry, mean, opportunistic and expedient culture, which I suppose reflects our political leadership on both sides. Can this deep division, composed as it is of moral, political, strategic, tactical and opportunistic elements, be bridged? It would be even more disturbing should it emerge that the approach is an opportunistic one, seeking merely to plunder industry without regard to the wider implications. All that was needed was a sustained opportunistic exploitation and minimal encouragement of what were still rather unimportant plant food sources. People think of us as opportunistic and selfish people who will do anything for power, and electing a leader on the basis of who will most likely return us to power is not a good way to go about changing that! In the movie, a political satire, Beatty plays an opportunistic Democrat who starts being brutally honest on the stump, eventually even talking in rap and wearing the oversized clothes of a hip-hop kid. The company's voracious appetite for acquisitions was opportunistic and did not follow a strategic plan, the report continues, and made it difficult for investors to compare results from year to year. I personally was encouraged from an early age to regard your country as opportunistic at minimum, greedy at best, and the worst bully in the playground at worst. Politicians here should learn the lesson that people can see through such opportunistic politiking. Synonyms egocentric, egotistic, egotistical, egomaniacal, self-centred, self-regarding, self-absorbed, self-obsessed, self-seeking, self-serving, wrapped up in oneself, inward-looking, introverted, self-loving 1.1Ecology (of a plant or animal) able to spread quickly in a previously unexploited habitat. 〔生态〕（动植物）能在新的栖息地迅速分布的 opportunistic populations colonizing new substrates Example sentencesExamples The aforementioned birds are as opportunistic as humans, at least as far as habitat goes. In addition, the extra carbon dioxide increases plant growth - particularly for opportunistic species that thrive in cities, such as ragweed. Similar to the orcas described in the story, the great white shark is an opportunistic feeder. These disruptions have allowed opportunistic creatures to move in. The majority of species are opportunistic, preying upon anything they can overpower that comes within striking distance. 1.2Medicine (of a microorganism or an infection caused by it) affecting patients only or chiefly when the immune system is depressed. 〔医〕（微生物）机会感染的 Example sentencesExamples Tuberculosis is the most frequent opportunistic infection amongst these patients with moderate to advanced immunosuppression. All patients had prior opportunistic infections. In advanced HIV infection, the presence of many opportunistic infections affecting the lungs may cause difficulties in the diagnosis of TB. Of the 43 patients with an opportunistic infection, 36 had a predominance of nodules smaller than 1 cm in diameter. Moreover, differential diagnosis to exclude opportunistic infections is difficult, due to relatively similar clinical and laboratory presentations. Derivatives opportunistically adverb ɒpətjuːˈnɪstɪkliˌɑpərt(j)uˈnɪstək(ə)li However, as opportunistically as St Brendan's took their three goals it was their inability to string any real sort of scoring run together that was their ultimate undoing. Example sentencesExamples They opportunistically interpret your silence as a signal that they've recruited you into some kind of insurgency against the medical profession. The question now, therefore, is whether this can be turned to advantage by strengthening the bill in committee, or whether it will simply be used to change the bill opportunistically in order to inflict defeats on the government. The back cover of Dancing with de Beauvoir claims, rather opportunistically, that it is ‘a book for anyone who has ever fallen in love with France and wondered why’. It made it look as if he may have opportunistically taken his positions for political reasons. Definition of opportunistic in US English: opportunistic adjectiveˌɑpərt(j)uˈnɪstɪkˌäpərt(y)o͞oˈnistik 1Exploiting chances offered by immediate circumstances without reference to a general plan or moral principle. 机会主义的 the change was cynical and opportunistic 该改变是玩世不恭和机会主义的。 Example sentencesExamples Politicians, particularly brutally opportunistic politicians, take their cue from the temper of the times. They are just so politically opportunistic that they are willing to put their short-term partisan interest ahead of the long-term national interest. We have lashed out at those we fear and allowed ourselves to be manipulated by opportunistic and exploitative politicians. The drafters viewed power politics, and the opportunistic use of Security Council vetoes, as an obstacle to individual accountability under international human rights law. Politicians here should learn the lesson that people can see through such opportunistic politiking. Mr Flavin said the group would continue to increase sales through a combination of organic growth and opportunistic acquisitions. I am proud to say that this Government's position is based on environmental integrity, whereas the Opposition's position is opportunistic, and inconsistent with its earlier stance. It would be even more disturbing should it emerge that the approach is an opportunistic one, seeking merely to plunder industry without regard to the wider implications. People think of us as opportunistic and selfish people who will do anything for power, and electing a leader on the basis of who will most likely return us to power is not a good way to go about changing that! I personally was encouraged from an early age to regard your country as opportunistic at minimum, greedy at best, and the worst bully in the playground at worst. Can this deep division, composed as it is of moral, political, strategic, tactical and opportunistic elements, be bridged? Political ideologies are quite often opportunistic with respect to institutional questions. We are rapidly becoming a tawdry, mean, opportunistic and expedient culture, which I suppose reflects our political leadership on both sides. I think he took an opportunistic political move in the area. All that was needed was a sustained opportunistic exploitation and minimal encouragement of what were still rather unimportant plant food sources. In the movie, a political satire, Beatty plays an opportunistic Democrat who starts being brutally honest on the stump, eventually even talking in rap and wearing the oversized clothes of a hip-hop kid. It seems likely that this too was a politically opportunistic decision. These factors increase parents' vulnerability to opportunistic exploitation and raise their overall transaction costs with unfavourable implications for value creation. Given the uncertainties that envelope them, one cannot blame them for being servile, opportunistic and selfish. The company's voracious appetite for acquisitions was opportunistic and did not follow a strategic plan, the report continues, and made it difficult for investors to compare results from year to year. Synonyms egocentric, egotistic, egotistical, egomaniacal, self-centred, self-regarding, self-absorbed, self-obsessed, self-seeking, self-serving, wrapped up in oneself, inward-looking, introverted, self-loving 1.1Ecology (of a plant or animal) able to spread quickly in a previously unexploited habitat. 〔生态〕（动植物）能在新的栖息地迅速分布的 Example sentencesExamples The aforementioned birds are as opportunistic as humans, at least as far as habitat goes. These disruptions have allowed opportunistic creatures to move in. The majority of species are opportunistic, preying upon anything they can overpower that comes within striking distance. In addition, the extra carbon dioxide increases plant growth - particularly for opportunistic species that thrive in cities, such as ragweed. Similar to the orcas described in the story, the great white shark is an opportunistic feeder. 1.2Medicine (of a microorganism or an infection caused by it) rarely affecting patients except in unusual circumstances, typically when the immune system is depressed. 〔医〕（微生物）机会感染的 Example sentencesExamples All patients had prior opportunistic infections. Moreover, differential diagnosis to exclude opportunistic infections is difficult, due to relatively similar clinical and laboratory presentations. In advanced HIV infection, the presence of many opportunistic infections affecting the lungs may cause difficulties in the diagnosis of TB. Of the 43 patients with an opportunistic infection, 36 had a predominance of nodules smaller than 1 cm in diameter. Tuberculosis is the most frequent opportunistic infection amongst these patients with moderate to advanced immunosuppression.
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