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

• So keep simplicity at the back of your mind all the time, and don't confuse it with expediency, which is the path of least resistance.
  所以始终应当谨记简洁性，并且不要把它与权宜之计搞混了，那是指的阻力最少的道路和。
• 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。
• But this policy of expediency only encourages others to try the same con.
  但这种权益之计只会鼓励其他人尝试同样的欺诈伎俩。
• The government is torn between principle and expediency.
  政府陷于原则与权宜的两难之境。
• Inaction is, perhaps, inevitable for politicians faced with a difficult trade-off between political expediency and fiscal reality.
  对于在政治权宜之计和财政现实之间进行艰难取舍的政客们来说，不作为或许是不可避免的。
• There will always be tensions between principle and expediency.
  原则和权宜之计之间总是矛盾重重。
• The goals of the vicissitudes of tax system of China gradually change, but its immovability is coercion and expediency.
  在中国的税制变迁中，不断变化的目标背后相同的变迁理念是强制和权宜。
• It had planted the seeds of violent extremism and sacrificed long-term stability to expediency.
  这种政策还埋下了暴力极端主义的种子，为了权宜之计而牺牲了长期稳定。
• He led the country into war not out of economic expediency but because he believed it was morally necessary.
  他带领美国参战并不是出于经济上的利益，而是因为他相信美国在道义上必须参战。
• Expediency is never an adequate justification.
  利已经从来不是充分的合法理由。