He is an opportunist who has expedited this at every step.
彼は、あらゆる手段で、これを促進する日和見主義者です。
In fact, as we have explained, he was only an opportunist.
実際、我々が説明したように、彼は日和見主義者だけでした。
By contrast, Yukichi FUKUZAWA disliked ENOMOTO and disparaged him, calling him a minister of no action and no policy, a typical opportunist who serves two lords, which is a disgraceful act for a bushi (samurai), and moreover, a man who is glad to be given a peerage by his former enemy and does not know yasegaman (endurance for pride’s sake) (“Yasegaman no Setsu [the theory of yasegaman]”).
By the end of the century, Shakespeare was using “Machiavel” to denote an amoral opportunist, leading directly to our popular use of “Machiavellian” as a synonym for manipulative villainy.
Is Snowden allowed to have his own Internet show and FaceBook page? Pattie is an opportunist who has sensed via trends and news releases that the announcement is close, and is trying to grab the stage and make some money.
But al Queda was an opportunist and mustered a stronger attack against the Libyan embassy, and this fact was kept from the White House by Petraeus, though his excuse is that he was keeping covert operations secret.
Simenon’s conduct during the war is a matter of considerable controversy, with some scholars inclined to view him as having been a collaborator with the Germans while others disagree, viewing Simenon as having been an apolitical man who was essentially an opportunist but by no means a collaborator.
Article 10 states: “We want to demolish museums and libraries, fight morality, feminism and all opportunist and utilitarian cowardice”.
十 われわれは博物館、図書館を破壊し、道徳主義、フェミニズム、一切の便宜的、功利的卑劣と闘おう。
We will hold responsible those who have promoted nuclear power plants, such as companies association, corporations, corporate media, opportunist scholars, carders of labor unions like Rengo, etc., and local authorities.
原発を推進する経営者団体・企業、マスメディア、御用学者、連合など労働組合幹部、自治体を追及する。
How is a tidal flat restored? First the number of opportunist species with short life-cycles such as lugworms and small shellfish drastically increases.
Hierarchical Decomposition: Essentially means that you start working on a problem in a hierarchical manner, and then jump over in a more opportunist manner.
Wenona Hauter, head of Food and Water Watch, remarked that “Pompeo is very much of an opportunist who is for sale to the highest bidder.”He ignored the citizens of Kansas when he blocked the right of states to demand labeling of GMO foods.
Meanwhile, Gage used every opportunity to defame Rogers, portraying him as an opportunist who had gotten rich on the war only to gamble away his money as a profligate.
At the same time we are witnessing backlashes against immigration across Europe and America, as tensions fray from cultural difference and perceptions of outsiders taking over jobs, burdening public services and overpowering previously established ways of life, a stance much encouraged by opportunist politicians.