expedient

• adj. 权宜的；方便的；有利的
• n. 权宜之计；应急手段

来自expedite, 加速。引申义权宜，权宜之计。比较汉语欲速则不达。

1. a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one

expedient (adj.)

late 14c., "advantageous, fit, proper to a purpose," from Old French expedient "useful, beneficial" (14c.) or directly from Latin expedientem (nominative expediens) "beneficial," present participle of expedire "make fit or ready, prepare" (see expedite). The noun meaning "a device adopted in an exigency, that which serves to advance a desired result" is from 1650s. Related: Expediential; expedientially (both 19c.).

Expedient, contrivance, and device indicate artificial means of escape from difficulty or embarrassment; resource indicates natural means or something possessed; resort and shift may indicate either. [Century Dictionary]

The disease was controlled by the simple expedient of not allowing anyone to leave the city.

通过禁止任何人出城的简单应急办法使疾病得到了控制。

牛津词典

The government has clearly decided that a cut in interest rates would be politically expedient.

政府显然认定削减利率是政治上的权宜之计。

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[不可数名词]He acted out of expediency, not principle.

他的行为是出于权宜之计而非原则。

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Surgical waiting lists were reduced by the simple expedient of striking off all patients awaiting varicose vein operations...

采取了将所有等待进行静脉曲张手术的病人从名单上删除的简单做法，这一权宜之计使得外科手术等待名单得以缩减。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The story was a temporary expedient.

这个借口是临时的应急之法。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Governments frequently ignore human rights abuses in other countries if it is politically expedient to do so.

如果在政治上对自己有利，各国政府经常忽视其他国家侵犯人权的行为。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Although such dramatic measures may be expedient, they are likely to have serious adverse consequences.

虽然诸如此类引人瞩目的措施可能只是权宜之计, 但正是这些权宜之计很可能造成严重的反作用.

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Every kind of expedient was devised by our friends.

我们的朋友想出了各种各样的应急办法.

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The land sales were merely a temporary expedient for dealing with an immediate need.

出售土地是一应急的权宜之计.

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The land sale was merely a temporary expedient for dealing with an immediate need.

出售土地不过是应急的权益之计.

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China's reform and opening up is not an expedient measure but vital.

中国改革开放不是权宜之计,而是百年大计.

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A: It would be expedient to take care of this problem now.

现在处理这个问题对我们是有利的.

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A course of action, guiding principle, or procedure considered expedient, prudent, or advantageous.

手段;计谋;策略:一条行动路线 、 指导原则或程序,被认为是权宜的 、 谨慎的或是有利的.

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The government found it expedient to relax censorship a little.

政府发现略微放宽审查是可取的.

《简明英汉词典》

Do whatever is expedient.

权宜处置,怎么方便就怎么办.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

This was nervous work, but it was the wisest of all the expedient that offered.

这是相当冒险的尝试, 但是这是他能想到的最明智的办法.

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Step scanning is an expedient technique.

分段移位测量是一个实用的方法.

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At its best this is only a half satisfactory expedient.

这种办法充其量只能作为不完全令人满意的权宜之计.

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The essential test for admission was whether it appeared necessary or expedient in the public interest.

加入该计划的条件是看其对公众利益的必要性或只是权宜之计.

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Einstein found it expedient to use in the creation of his theories.

爱因斯坦发现这种本性在他理论的创建中是有用的.

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It is expedient to leave this reasoning process for a while.

暂时先搁下这个推理过程是有益的.

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In the circumstances it was expedient to express loyalty.

在这种情况下最好还是表示忠心.

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Many conservatives resurrected traditional isolationism, protecting American moral purity against contamination by the expedient.

许多保守党人使传统的孤立主义复活, 维护美国伦理的纯洁不受权宜之需的感染.

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You'll find it expedient to see him.

你最好还是去见他.

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Eg . McCain said his position is the right one rather than the politically expedient one.

麦凯恩说,他的立场是正确的而非政治上的利己行为.

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This desperate expedient , however, was no longer necessary.

当然, 这孤注一掷的措施是没有必要了.

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The home page purifies by contact surface Jan , function modulation's nimble expedient is a principle.

首页以界面的简洁化, 功能模块化的灵活变通性为原则.

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It is expedient that he should retire at once.

他最好还是立刻退休.

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It was expedient to retire gracefully.

体面的让步可算是权宜之计.

《简明英汉词典》

The disease was controlled by the simple expedient of not allowing anyone to leave the city.

通过禁止任何人出城的简单应急办法使疾病得到了控制。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》