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

• All his actions are governed by expediency.
  他所有的行动都是一种权宜之计。
• 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。
• Compromises made now for the sake of expediency cause entropy to build up in your software.
  现在为了权宜而做的折衷将导致软件中的熵不断增大。
• There will always be tensions between principle and expediency.
  原则和权宜之计之间总是矛盾重重。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。