opportunist

adj.

1. 机会主义的；投机的；见风转舵的
   making use of an opportunity, especially to get an advantage for yourself; not done in a planned way
   1. an opportunist crime
      临时起意的偶发犯罪

1. ADJ-GRADED （人）机会主义的，投机取巧的
   If you describe someone as opportunist, you are critical of them because they take advantage of any situation in order to gain money or power, without considering whether their actions are right or wrong.
   1. ...corrupt and opportunist politicians.
      贪污受贿、投机取巧的政客
   2. An opportunist is someone who is opportunist.
      机会主义分子；投机取巧者
   3. Like most successful politicians, Sinclair was an opportunist...
      跟大多数得志的政客一样，辛克莱也是个机会主义者。
   4. Car thieves are opportunists.
      偷车贼都是些瞅准机会就下手的人。
2. ADJ （行动）临时起意的，抓住机会的
   Opportunist actions are not planned, but are carried out in order to take advantage of a situation that has just occurred.
   1. Eric Cantona made the game safe with a brilliant opportunist goal.
      埃里克·坎通纳抓住机会踢进绝妙的一球，锁定了比赛的胜局。

1. Eric Cantona made the game safe with a brilliant opportunist goal.
   埃里克·坎通纳抓住机会踢进绝妙的一球，锁定了比赛的胜局。
2. The party grew more reformist and opportunist.
   这个党变得越来越具有改良主义和机会主义的特征。
3. While I'm sure the vast majority of baggage handlers and airport screeners are honest, all you need is one dishonest opportunist who spots your laptop in an X-ray screening.
   我相信绝大部分的行李处理人员和机场监测人员都是诚实。但是只要出现一个不诚实的机会主义者在做X光扫描时盯上了你的电脑。
4. This resolution dealt with errors in political line, especially the errors of Wang ming's "left" opportunist line.
   这个决议讲了路线的错误，特别是王明的“左”倾机会主义路线错误。
5. The peasant self-defence corps were not able to hold on to their rifles as a result of the opportunist line.
   农民自卫军如此没有把握枪枝的能力，这是机会主义路线的结果。
6. Both kinds of opportunist mistakes arose during the revolutionary civil war, and their characteristic was that they were errors related to the war.
   这两种机会主义错误都是在国内革命战争中产生的，它们的特点是在战争中的错误。一种吵杂并骚动的战争。
7. Information asymmetry, opportunist, bounded rationality, and specific human capital, which act on transaction costs, may lead to policy distortion or time lags in education policy.
   受信息不对称、机会主义、有限理性以及资产专用性等因素的影响，交易费用可能导致政策失真或时滞等现象的出现。
8. EXAMPLE: Our cousin is an opportunist who takes advantage of members of our family, but has no loyalty to them, and so none of us really trust him.
   我们的表兄是一个机会主义者，他总是占家里人的便宜，但对他们毫无忠信，所以我们都不信任他。
9. Numerous opportunist acts in current credit card market are in essence the results of immoral behavior triggered off by asymmetrical information access.
   目前信用卡市场上存在的大量的机会主义行为实质上是信息不对称下的败德行为。
10. We have struggled against opportunist deviations in our Party, both Right and "Left".
    我们曾和党内的机会主义倾向作斗争，右的和左的。
11. Your goal is to create a lasting impression, but not as an opportunist.
    你要给对方留下一个深刻印象，但不要让其认为你是机会主义者。
12. "Left" opportunist mistakes, as we said before, are a reflection of petty-bourgeois fanaticism within the party; they occurred in times when we broke with the bourgeoisie.
    我们说过，“左”倾机会主义错误，是小资产阶级狂热性在党内的反映，那是在和资产阶级决裂时期发生的。
13. Conservative Jim Garner presents us with an amateurish politician unqualified for the vice presidency, yet also a shrewd legal opportunist swimming in cash.
    属于保守派的吉姆·加纳让我们看到的爱德华兹是一个当副总统还不够格的外行政客，一个在钱海中游泳的精明的机会主义律师。
14. Under the fa? ade of morality and patriotism can be perceived the false and tricky political opportunist that he is.
    从道德和爱国心来看，他能被看作是一个虚伪奸诈的政治投机者。
15. He was enough of a pragmatist, and opportunist, not to quibble.
    他已经做够了实用主义者、机会主义者，不想再吹毛求疵。
16. Opportunist: A person who starts taking bath if he accidentally falls into a river.
    机会主义者：意外落水遂趁机洗浴的人。
17. He wasn't focused on any one sector but was an opportunist and therefore willing to dive into any field or idea that would make him money.
    他不专注于任何一个领域，而是一个机会主义者，因此愿意投身任何能让他赚钱的领域或想法。
18. If and only if the defense cost is much too high, the opportunist will dominate the system.
    若防范成本过大，则机会主义者将主宰系统。
19. Hell, yes, call me an opportunist.
    好吧，那我就是个投机者吧。
20. He said that if you want to be successful in business, you have to be an opportunist.
    他说如果你想做生意成功的话，就必须是个机会主义者。
21. China in Africa: Partnership or Opportunist?
    中国在非洲：伙伴还是机会主义者？
22. His Russian friend was not an opportunist.
    他的这个苏联朋友不是一个机会主义者。
23. It is entirely wrong to think that at present we need not restrict capitalism and can discard the slogan of "regulation of capital"; that is a Right opportunist view.
    如果认为我们现在不要限制资本主义，认为可以抛弃“节制资本”的口号，这是完全错误的，这就是右倾机会主义的观点。
24. Whoever overlooks or belittles this point will commit Right opportunist mistakes.
    谁要是忽视或轻视了这一点，谁就要犯右倾机会主义的错误。
25. And anyone who did not accept these things was to be punished, labelled an opportunist, and so on and so forth.
    并且谁不承认这些，就给以惩办，加之以机会主义的头衔，如此等等。
26. Publicly criticized Hillary Rodham Clinton's 2000 bid for a seat in the Senate [ 1] representing New York as the work of an opportunist.
    公开批评希拉里·罗德曼·克林顿的投机行为：于2000年代表纽约出价竞买参议院的一个席位。
27. Although many of the voices in the marketplace and in the media are laying the blame on opportunist speculators, experts say their involvement is only one of the factors driving up apple prices.
    尽管商场和媒体对投机取巧者责备声不断，但是专家说这些人的介入仅仅是苹果价抬高的一个因素。
28. Under the Right opportunist line of Chen Tu-hsiu, the peasants, our chief ally, were abandoned.
    当时陈独秀的右倾机会主义路线，抛弃了农民这个最主要的同盟军。
29. The tender process must now start again, and Sir Richard, ever the opportunist, seizes his chance to argue that Virgin should win this time.
    现在，竞标过程必须重新开始，永远是机会主义者的理查德爵士抓住机会辩称，这次维珍应该获胜。

noun

1. a person who places expediency above principle

   Synonym:    self-seeker

adj

1. taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit

   Synonym:    opportunistictimeserving