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

• We are sacrificing the long-term interest to short-term expediency.
  我们正在为暂时的权宜而牺牲长期的利益。
• 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 lawyer's truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency.
  律师的事实不是真理，而是坚持或始终如一的私利。（猎人）
• 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。
• The government is torn between principle and expediency.
  政府陷于原则与权宜的两难之境。
• 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。
• There will always be tensions between principle and expediency.
  原则和权宜之计之间总是矛盾重重。
• 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。
• A marriage for expediency rather than love.
  为了权宜而不是为了爱情而结婚。
• 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。