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
- 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。 - However, sharing data via the file system is inherently slow, because disk input and output operations cannot match the expediency of memory.
但是,通过文件系统共享数据很慢,因为磁盘输入和输出操作的效率远远比不上内存。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - A person who places expediency above principle.
把方便私利凌驾于法则原则之上的人。 - But Bosnians concluded that, even when the EU sets tough conditions, political expediency will find a way round them.
但波斯尼亚人得出的结论是,即使欧盟设置的条件苛刻,政治上的权宜之计终会找到一个解决方法。 - The crafty lawyer was influenced more by expediency than by the love of justice.
那狡黠的律师受利害的影响更甚于受正义之心的影响。