expediency

英 [ɪkˈspiːdiənsi]

美 [ɪkˈspiːdiənsi]

n.  不得已而做的事; 权宜之计

复数：expediencies　

GRE

BNC.19527 / COCA.19664

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 不得已而做的事;权宜之计
  Expediencymeans doing what is convenient rather than what is morally right.
  1. It seems political expediency, rather than absolute economic need, will determine who gains from the conflict...
     看来是政治上的权宜之计，而不是绝对的经济需求，将决定谁会从这场冲突中获益。
  2. This was a matter less of morals than of expediency.
     此举只是权宜之计，不关乎道德问题。

英英释义

noun

• the quality of being suited to the end in view
  Synonym:expedience

双语例句

• For me integrity, not expediency, and deeply rooted in the values of the intrinsic business requirements.
  诚信对于我，不是权宜之计，而深深植根于企业的价值观的内在要求。
• But Bosnians concluded that, even when the EU sets tough conditions, political expediency will find a way round them.
  但波斯尼亚人得出的结论是，即使欧盟设置的条件苛刻，政治上的权宜之计终会找到一个解决方法。
• Suggestive of or characterized by expediency, deceit, and cunning.
  显示出或以诡计、欺骗和狡诈为特征的。
• The government is torn between principle and expediency.
  政府陷于原则与权宜的两难之境。
• Money and position seemed all that mattered. a person who places expediency above principle.
  金钱和地位似乎凌驾于一切之上。把方便私利凌驾于法则原则之上的人。
• That is what justifies government action, not only for short-term expediency but also in the long run.
  这也是评估政府行动是否正确的依据，不仅仅是图短期之利，还要放眼长远。
• This was a matter less of morals than of expediency.
  此举只是权宜之计，不关乎道德问题。
• It seems political expediency, rather than absolute economic need, will determine who gains from the conflict
  看来是政治上的权宜之计，而不是绝对的经济需求，将决定谁会从这场冲突中获益。
• Abortion repeal is not a question of political expediency. it is part of something greater.
  废除禁止人工流产法不是一个政治权宜之计的问题。它是一个更大问题的一部分。
• Among these vanguards of the frontier the diet prescribed by available resources and field expediency became, to a degree, traditional.
  这些开拓先锋靠现有的资源和地域便利得到食物，从某种程度上讲，这也已构成了传统。