timeserving
n . 无操守,趋炎附势
无操守,趋炎附势
timeserving adj 1 :
taking immediate advantage ,
often unethically ,
of any circumstance of possible benefit [
synonym : {
opportunist },
{
opportunistic }, {
timeserving }]
Timeserving \
Time "
serv `
ing \,
a .
Obsequiously complying with the spirit of the times ,
or the humors of those in power .
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1913 Webster ]
Timeserving \
Time "
serv `
ing \,
n .
An obsequious compliance with the spirit of the times ,
or the humors of those in power ,
which implies a surrender of one '
s independence ,
and sometimes of one '
s integrity .
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1913 Webster ]
Syn :
Temporizing .
Usage : {
Timeserving }, {
Temporizing }.
Both these words are applied to the conduct of one who adapts himself servilely to times and seasons .
A timeserver is rather active ,
and a temporizer ,
passive .
One whose policy is timeserving comes forward to act upon principles or opinions which may promote his advancement ;
one who is temporizing yields to the current of public sentiment or prejudice ,
and shrinks from a course of action which might injure him with others .
The former is dishonest ;
the latter is weak ;
and both are contemptible .
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1913 Webster ]
Trimming and timeserving ,
which are but two words for the same thing , . . .
produce confusion . --
South .
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[
I ]
pronounce thee . . .
a hovering temporizer ,
that Canst with thine eyes at once see good and evil ,
Inclining to them both . --
Shak .
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