expediency
英 [ɪkˈspiːdiənsi]
美 [ɪkˈspiːdiənsi]
n. 不得已而做的事; 权宜之计
复数：expediencies
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.- 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。 - 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。
- It seems political expediency, rather than absolute economic need, will determine who gains from the conflict...
英英释义
noun
- the quality of being suited to the end in view
双语例句
- Expediency is never an adequate justification.
利已经从来不是充分的合法理由。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。