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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。