expedience
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ɪkˈspiː.di.əns]
- 美式音标 [ɪkˈspiː.di.əns]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n.便利;權宜之計;私利
- =expediency.
英汉例句
- Expedience: Balanced with all of this good advice, sometimes you just need to get it done.
權宜之計:在好的建議之間求得平衡,有時候衹需要代碼能夠工作就行。 - I never saw Sam Huntington do anything deceitful or malicious, never saw him sacrifice his principles for power or access or expedience.
我從沒見亨廷頓做過任何騙人的或是惡意的事情,也從沒見他爲了權力或後門或方便而犧牲他的原則。
blog.sina.com.cn - The centre-right Conservatives and smaller centrist Liberal Democrats agreed on Tuesday on what critics call an unstable partnership of expedience after an inconclusive election.
上周二,英國中右派政黨保守黨與中間派小黨自由民主黨在大選無果後達成協定,組建聯郃政府,此擧被批評人士稱爲短期聯郃掌權的權宜之計。 - It would be wonderful if we lived in a world were politicians embraced the most empirically compelling economic theory without regard for political expedience.
FORBES: With Arms Wide Open - Whoever is confirmed as attorney general will surely fail both President Obama and the American people if his lodestar is political expedience and personal ambition.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Holder’s ‘disgraceful’ history - And the question is whether or not Democrats and Republicans are willing to put aside the expedience of short-term politics in order to get it done.
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雙語例句
權威例句
词组短语
- expedience expediency 權宜
- expedience n 便利
- expedience 's sake 權益的緣故
- convenience conveniency expedience expediency facility 方便
短語
英英字典
- the situation in which something is helpful or useful in a particular situation, but sometimes not morally acceptable
劍橋英英字典
专业释义
- 私利;權宜;方便