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Opportunistic describes someone who takes any chance that appears to help themselves, without much planning or principle. It usually sounds critical. In medicine it means something different and neutral: an opportunistic infection is one that only takes hold when the body's defences are already weak.
投機的、見機行事的;(醫)伺機性的(感染)
組成opportunity + -istic.
同家族的字
- opportunitythe same root — a chance
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
opportunisticadj/ˌɒp.əˌtjuːˈnɪs.tɪk/
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Taking advantage of situations that arise.
- The danger now isn't so much from the AIDS virus itself as from opportunistic infections.
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Taking advantage of situations to advance one's own interests without regard for moral principles.
- You can't trust somebody that opportunistic: he'll stab you in the back the first chance he gets.
- […] an opportunistic relative masquerading as his rescuer, […]
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。