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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

    • The government is torn between principle and expediency.
      政府陷于原则与权宜的两难之境。
    • 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。
    • 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。
    • Treaties and constitutions are a means of limiting the ability of States to sacrifice long-term benefits to expediency. But not of eliminating it.
      条约和宪法是限制政府为了谋求一时方便而牺牲长期利益的能力的一种手段,但它们并不能消除这种能力。
    • A person who places expediency above principle.
      把方便私利凌驾于法则原则之上的人。
    • Can there not be a government in which majorities do not virtually decide right and wrong, but conscience?& in which majorities decide only those questions to which the rule of expediency is applicable?
      在政府中,如果实际上不是由大多数人而是由良知来决定正误的,而大多数人只决定那些适用于便利规则的问题,这样的政府不可能存在吗?
    • 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。
    • 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 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)