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单词 opportunistic
释义
opportunistic
adjective
uk
/ˌɒp.ə.tʃuːˈnɪs.tɪk/us
/ˌɑː.pɚ.tuːˈnɪs.tɪk/
usuallydisapproving
using asituationto getpoweror anadvantage:
投机的；机会主义的
He made an opportunisticgrabforpower, whichresultedin acivilwar.他抓住一个机会夺了权，导致了内战爆发。
Athalf-time,Unitedwereleadingwith two opportunisticgoalsbyBlack.上半场结束时，联队因布莱克打进两个机会球而领先。
Synonym
opportunistusuallydisapproving
medicalspecialized
(of anorganismorinfection)affectingsomeone when they are alreadyillorweak:
The mostcommonopportunisticinfectionassociatedwithAIDSis atypeofpneumonia.
This opportunisticpathogenthrivesin theoralenvironmentof ahostwho is immunologicallycompromised.
More examples
  • Somecrimesare opportunistic, often done at theurgingoffriends.
  • Opportunisticlawsuitsanddamningheadlinesdo nothing topreventmedicalerrors.
  • MostpeoplewithAIDSdieof opportunisticinfectionsoncethey areimmunecompromised.
  • HIVis like any other opportunisticorganismwhichdevelopsin thebodyhavinglowbodyimmunity.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Advantage and disadvantage
  • a stick to beatsomeonewithidiom
  • an ace upyoursleeveidiom
  • attraction
  • be well in thereidiom
  • be/stay/keep one jump aheadidiom
  • head start
  • hold all the cardsidiom
  • in
  • in the right place at the right timeidiom
  • it's tough at the topidiom
  • lock
  • lose
  • profit
  • secret weapon
  • silver lining
  • stick
  • the best of both worldsidiom
  • tough
  • trouble
  • trump card
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opportunistically
(Definition ofopportunisticfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
opportunistic
adjective
uk
/ˌɒp.ə.tʃuːˈnɪs.tɪk/us
/ˌɑː.pɚ.tuːˈnɪs.tɪk/
usuallydisapproving
using asituationto getpoweror anadvantage
投机的；机会主义的
He made an opportunisticgrabforpower, whichresultedin acivilwar.他抓住一个机会夺了权，导致了内战爆发。
Athalf-time, United wereleadingwith two opportunisticgoalsbyBlack.上半场结束时，联队因布莱克打进两个机会球而领先。

Examplesofopportunistic

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The acute state includes patients who are currently suffering from anopportunisticinfection.
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They include, in fact, both pathogenic andopportunisticmicroorganisms responsible for various diseases in the host.
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Both infants have remained in good health, free ofopportunisticinfections, growing and developing without protective isolation.
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The prolonged period of epithelial disruption leaves the fish open to invasion byopportunisticpathogens.
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In these cases, the bees may beopportunisticvisitors or facultative pollinators.
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Efforts to find empirical evidence ofopportunisticbusiness cycles have turned up rather meagre results.
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In the 1990s the familiarity of diagnosis and treatment ofopportunisticinfections is expected to have increased.
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These observations suggest that ivory gulls are not asopportunisticas other gulls.
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The broad,opportunisticcarnivorous diet of many serranids has presumably facilitated what we suspect is the dominant process of host-switching.
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Changes have propagated through benthic invertebrates, with the macrofauna changing from echinoids and large clams toopportunisticbrittle stars and polychaetes.
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Assessment of carer needs was subsumed within the patient assessment and was generally anopportunisticrather than a planned activity.
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This is clear concerning the daimons, a daimon is moreopportunistic(that is, less informative) than a proper action.
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Opportunisticpolitical business cycle theories predict a boost in inflation after the election.
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Not trusting their employees, principals will be forced to invest in expensive monitoring and sanctioning devices to guard againstopportunisticbehaviour.
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It is a world of boundedly rational andopportunisticactors aiming at the maximization of their utility.
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