| 单词 | opportunism |
| 释义 | opportunism (ɒpəʳtjuːnɪzəm , US -tuːn- ) uncountable noun If you refer to someone's behaviour as opportunism, you are criticizing them for taking advantage of any opportunity that occurs in order to gain money or power, without thinking about whether their actions are right or wrong. [disapproval] The Energy Minister responded by saying that the opposition's concern for the environment was political opportunism. Synonyms: expediency, convenience, exploitation, realism Quotations: There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortuneJulius Caesar Collocations: political opportunism Beyond political opportunism, the decision had nothing to do with economics or science. Times, Sunday Times It may be that a dose of political opportunism, more than any principled rethink, caused the change of heart. Times, Sunday Times It started as a piece of airy political cynicism; it was compounded by an act of dark political opportunism. Times, Sunday Times A reactive approach based on political opportunism will produce only more rather than better legislation that helps neither business nor the environment. Times, Sunday Times But it can stand up for people's rights when politicians don't, intervening when political opportunism or popular opinion oppresses the most vulnerable among us. Times, Sunday Times |
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