expedient

expedient的近义词

noun

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

adj

1. serving to promote your interest

e.g. was merciful only when mercy was expedient

2. appropriate to a purpose
practical

e.g. in the circumstances it was expedient to express loyalty

1. 权宜之计;应急措施
An expedient is an action that achieves a particular purpose, but may not be morally right.

expedient什么意思

e.g. 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。
e.g. The story was a temporary expedient.
这个借口是临时的应急之法。

2. 有利的;方便的;权宜之计的
If it is expedient to do something, it is useful or convenient to do it, even though it may not be morally right.

expedient的意思

e.g. 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。

1. 有利的：那些人因此认为法律和公平外表的设计唯一目的是压迫不同意见者和那些生来就是从属地位人的反抗,同时确认他们自己处于高人一等的地位,应该根据他们自有的喜好(good pleasure),而喜好又仅取决于在他们看来什么对他们有利的(expedient)见解.

2. 权宜之计：俄罗斯人和中华帝国(T he Chinese Empire)在整个18世纪都在中亚腹地(Inner Asia)进行着一场武力扩张,双方都认为把各自边界范围限定(delimit)在原先17世纪旧的蒙古人的统治范围内仅仅只是权宜之计(expedient),这在1727年的恰克图条约中已经体现出来了,

3. 权宜,方便的：expect 预期,预料 | expedient 权宜,方便的 | expedite 使加速

4. 权宜之计 makeshift 权宜之计：130 exorbitant 昂贵的 expensive 昂贵的 | 131 expedient 权宜之计 makeshift 权宜之计 | 132 exponential leaps 几何级数般的跳跃 rapid increases 快速增加