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

• N-UNCOUNT 不得已而做的事;权宜之计
  Expediencymeans 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。

英英释义

noun

• the quality of being suited to the end in view
  Synonym:expedience

双语例句

• Expediency is never an adequate justification.
  利已经从来不是充分的合法理由。
• 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。
• 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。
• The government is torn between principle and expediency.
  政府陷于原则与权宜的两难之境。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？