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

• 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。
• 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。
• Expediency is never an adequate justification.
  利已经从来不是充分的合法理由。
• 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。
• This was not from any love of the subject I considered folklore a poor relation to literature but out of sheer expediency.
  这绝不是因为我热爱这个题材在我心目中，民俗是文学的一个穷亲戚而只是纯粹的权宜之计。
• But in the argument between justice and expediency, both must have their say.
  但在公正和偏私之间的争论，两边各执一词。
• However, sharing data via the file system is inherently slow, because disk input and output operations cannot match the expediency of memory.
  但是，通过文件系统共享数据很慢，因为磁盘输入和输出操作的效率远远比不上内存。
• A person who places expediency above principle.
  把方便私利凌驾于法则原则之上的人。
• The government is torn between principle and expediency.
  政府陷于原则与权宜的两难之境。
• 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。