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
- A person who places expediency above principle.
把方便私利凌驾于法则原则之上的人。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - All his actions are governed by expediency.
他所有的行动都是一种权宜之计。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。