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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The government is torn between principle and expediency.
  政府陷于原则与权宜的两难之境。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。