expedient 详细解释

expedient

[iks'pi:diənt]

adj. 权宜的, 有用的
n. 权宜之计, 临时手段

a.

1. 方便的; 有利的; 权宜的

I thought it expedient to tell her about it.

我认为将此事告诉她为好。

2. 出于便利的; 出于私利的

n.

紧急措施; 权宜之计[C]

Income controls were used only as a short-term expedient.

采用控制收入的办法只是作为一时的权宜之计。

词形变化

副词: expediently |

词义辨析

同义:

a.有用的; 适当的

useful  helpful  fitting  desirable  appropriate  wise  sensible  advisable  

同义参见:

advantageous  judicious  

反义:

a.方便的; 得当的

inexpedient  

英英释义

名词 expedient:

a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one

形容词 expedient:

serving to promote your interest

appropriate to a purpose; practical

补充

expedientexpedient英:[iksˈpi:djənt] 美:[ɪkˈspidiənt]adj.1.应急有效的2.权宜之计的

例句

1. Incomes controls were used only as a short-term expedient.控制收入只是短期的应对策略。 2. Surgical waiting lists were reduced by the simple expedient of striking off all patients awaiting varicose-vein operations.采取了将所有等待进行静脉曲张手术的病人从名单上删除的简单做法, 这一权宜之计使得外科手术等待名单得以缩减。 3. The story was a temporary expedient.这一借口是临时的应急之策。 4. They adopt the measures they regard to be most expedient.他们采取了他们认为最便利的方法。 5. It is not just politically expedient, but right in principle.这不仅是政治上的权益之举, 而且原则上也是正确的。 6. It is expedient that an atonement should be made.当务之急是要进行补偿。 7. either side could break the agreement if it were expedient to do so.双方都可能违背该协议，若出于权宜之计办事的话。 8. holding a public enquiry into the scheme was not expedient.就这一方案征求公众意见不合适。 9. the current policy is a political expedient.目前的政策是政治上的权宜之计。 10. The government decided that it was expedient not to increase taxes until after the election.选举前暂不加税，这是政府的权宜之计。 11. They found it expedient to negotiate with the terrorists.他们发现与恐怖分子谈判是权宜之计。 12. a politically expedient solution政治上的权宜之计 13. "Do the right thing, not the expedient thing."做正确的事，而不是权宜之计的事。 14. We want to resolve this issue as expediently [=quickly] as possible.我们想尽快解决这个问题。 15. political expedience/expediency政治上的权宜之计 16. for reasons of expediency出于权宜之计 17. The government chose short-term/temporary expedients instead of a real economic policy.政府选择了短期/暂时的应对之策，而不是实际的经济政策。 18. We can solve this problem by the simple expedient of taking out another loan.我们可通过申请另一笔贷款这一简单的应急办法来解决这个问题。

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