expedient

noun

1. 权宜之计；应急办法
   an action that is useful or necessary for a particular purpose, but not always fair or right
   1. The disease was controlled by the simple expedient of not allowing anyone to leave the city.
      通过禁止任何人出城的简单应急办法使疾病得到了控制。

adj.

1. 得当；可取；合宜；权宜之计
   useful or necessary for a particular purpose, but not always fair or right
   1. The government has clearly decided that a cut in interest rates would be politically expedient.
      政府显然认定削减利率是政治上的权宜之计。

1. N-COUNT 权宜之计;应急措施
   An expedient is an action that achieves a particular purpose, but may not be morally right.
   1. 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。
   2. The story was a temporary expedient.
      这个借口是临时的应急之法。
2. ADJ-GRADED 有利的;方便的;权宜之计的
   If it is expedient to do something, it is useful or convenient to do it, even though it may not be morally right.
   1. Governments frequently ignore human rights abuses in other countries if it is politically expedient to do so.
      如果在政治上对自己有利，各国政府经常忽视其他国家侵犯人权的行为。

1. 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。
2. The story was a temporary expedient.
   这个借口是临时的应急之法。
3. Governments frequently ignore human rights abuses in other countries if it is politically expedient to do so.
   如果在政治上对自己有利，各国政府经常忽视其他国家侵犯人权的行为。
4. I cut my purchases dramatically by the simple expedient of destroying my credit cards.
   通过销毁信用卡这一简单的权宜之计，我大幅削减了自己的购物支出。
5. I think Professor Jones might find it expedient to bring a volunteer like me on his trip.
   我想琼斯教授可能会发现旅途中带着像我这样的志愿者对他更有利。
6. They collected and logged in the most expedient method for the project schedule.
   他们以最便利的方法为项目进度收集数据并记录。
7. Shift your attention from the expedient to the important.
   将你的注意力从权宜之计转移到重要的事情上。
8. Given the current political impasse, such an expedient may soon be needed.
   鉴于当前的政治僵局，希腊可能很快需要此类权宜之计。
9. I fear it was wrong, though expedient.
   恐怕这是不对的，虽然只好这样。
10. Hedge funds were not at the centre of the crisis, but they are a politically expedient target.
    对冲基金不是此次危机的核心问题，但它们是一个政治上有用的靶子。
11. It seemed the politically expedient thing to do at the time.
    目前看来，这是当时政治上的权宜之计。
12. 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。
13. It is often politically expedient to paint China as an adversary, or worse, a future enemy.
    将中国描述为一个对手，甚至是未来的敌人，往往是政治上的权宜之计。
14. I should be able to live together if expedient to do so even if there were no emotional involvement.
    即使与对方没有情感的联系，但如果会对我有利，我会同居。
15. But instead of pointing fingers and standing idly by-as would have been the politically expedient thing to do-I worked to secure concrete protections for the taxpayer.
    但是而不是指向手指和身分无所事事地-和要做的政治上适当的事-我工作获取具体保护为纳税人。
16. The waiver will, in the short-term, boost rural incomes at a politically expedient time.
    此次减免将在一个政治上对国大党有利的时刻短暂提高农村收入。
17. The temptation, however, seems to be: do what is most expedient to achieve the desired outcome.
    不过，诱人的做法是：做对于期待中结果最称得上权宜之计的事。
18. Mr Prodi called it a short-term expedient to allow longer-term measures to be enacted.
    普罗迪先生把这叫做为了实施长期措施而采取的短时权宜之计。
19. It is expedient to leave this reasoning process for a while.
    暂时先搁下这个推理过程是有益的。
20. Such solutions are politically expedient, but they will not move China towards a culture of compliance.
    从政治角度来看，此种解决方法颇为便利，但它们不会将中国推向合规文化。
21. Government is at best but an expedient;
    政府至多只是权宜之策；
22. Morality, for him, means doing what is expedient.
    对他来说，道德就是选方便的事做。
23. They adopt the measures they regard to be most expedient.
    他们总是采取他们认为最有利的措施。
24. Not only because it's expedient, but because it is right.
    不仅因为有利，而且因为有理。
25. The prime minister can call anelection when it is politicallly expedient.
    如果在政治上对他有利，首相可能宣布进行大选。
26. The management has taken a series of expedient mea-sures to improve the company's financial situation.
    管理部门采取了一系列权宜的措施改善公司的财政状况。
27. As I have forgotten my key, the only expedient is to climb in through the window.
    我忘了带钥匙，权宜之计只有从窗户爬进去了。
28. This desperate expedient, however, was no longer necessary.
    当然，这孤注一掷的措施是没有必要了。
29. While such dramatic measures may be expedient, they are likely to have serious adverse consequences.
    尽管这样的戏剧性措施也许能用作权宜之计，但它们很可能具有严重的负面后果。
30. Shareholder rights have been trampled underfoot as bureaucrats and executives have cobbled together politically expedient banking mergers.
    作为政治上的权宜之计，官员与高管草率地合并银行，令股东权利遭到践踏。

  measure expedient step【导航词义：措施】

  measure n. 措施，办法

〔辨析〕尤指官方为解决某一问题而采取的行动。

  expedient n. 权宜之计

〔辨析〕指处理问题迅速有效的方法，即应急之策。

  step n. 措施

〔辨析〕指为处理某一问题或取得成功而采取的一系列举措之一，含有循序渐进之意，常用复数。

noun

1. a means to an end

adj

1. serving to promote your interest
   1. was merciful only when mercy was expedient

2. appropriate to a purpose
   1. in the circumstances it was expedient to express loyalty