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

  1. N-UNCOUNT 不得已而做的事;权宜之计
    Expediency means 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。

双语例句

  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。
  3. 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。
  4. 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。
  5. 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。
  6. 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。
  7. The crafty lawyer was influenced more by expediency than by the love of justice.
    那狡黠的律师受利害的影响更甚于受正义之心的影响。
  8. There will always be tensions between principle and expediency.
    原则和权宜之计之间总是矛盾重重。
  9. 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)
  10. 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。
  11. Among these vanguards of the frontier the diet prescribed by available resources and field expediency became, to a degree, traditional.
    这些开拓先锋靠现有的资源和地域便利得到食物,从某种程度上讲,这也已构成了传统。
  12. 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。
  13. For me integrity, not expediency, and deeply rooted in the values of the intrinsic business requirements.
    诚信对于我,不是权宜之计,而深深植根于企业的价值观的内在要求。
  14. 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。
  15. 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。
  16. Suggestive of or characterized by expediency, deceit, and cunning.
    显示出或以诡计、欺骗和狡诈为特征的。
  17. The government is torn between principle and expediency.
    政府陷于原则与权宜的两难之境。
  18. A marriage for expediency rather than love.
    为了权宜而不是为了爱情而结婚。
  19. All his actions are governed by expediency.
    他所有的行动都是一种权宜之计。
  20. That is what justifies government action, not only for short-term expediency but also in the long run.
    这也是评估政府行动是否正确的依据,不仅仅是图短期之利,还要放眼长远。
  21. 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?
  22. Expediency is never an adequate justification.
    利已经从来不是充分的合法理由。
  23. Inaction is, perhaps, inevitable for politicians faced with a difficult trade-off between political expediency and fiscal reality.
    对于在政治权宜之计和财政现实之间进行艰难取舍的政客们来说,不作为或许是不可避免的。
  24. It had planted the seeds of violent extremism and sacrificed long-term stability to expediency.
    这种政策还埋下了暴力极端主义的种子,为了权宜之计而牺牲了长期稳定。
  25. 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。
  26. 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。
  27. 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。
  28. This was not from any love of the subject I considered folklore a poor relation to literature but out of sheer expediency.
    这绝不是因为我热爱这个题材在我心目中,民俗是文学的一个穷亲戚而只是纯粹的权宜之计。
  29. 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。
  30. A person who places expediency above principle.
    把方便私利凌驾于法则原则之上的人。

英英释义

noun

  1. the quality of being suited to the end in view

      Synonym:    expedience