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单词 expedience
释义
expedience
noun[U]
formal
uk
/ɪkˈspiː.di.əns/us
/ɪkˈspiː.di.əns/
(alsoexpediency,uk/ɪkˈspiː.di.ən.si/us/ɪkˈspiː.di.ən.si/)
thesituationin which something ishelpfulorusefulin aparticularsituation, but sometimes notmorallyacceptable:
权宜之计；应急办法；不得已而做的事
Asamatterofexpedience, we will not be taking on any newstaffthisyear.迫不得已，我们公司今年将不招新员工。
Ithinkthisgovernmentoperateson thebasisof expediency, not ofprinciple.我认为这届政府做事毫无原则，只顾眼前之事。
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(Definition ofexpediencefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofexpedience

expedience
The rationale link is concerned with the reasons that trigger learning, including novelty driven,expediencedriven, conflict avoidance, and failure avoidance.
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The choice between the two is a matter ofexpediencerather than theory.
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Each involved the embrace of a picture of reality that inspired a heroic dedication and often a disregard forexpedience.
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Their views appeared to be determined by traditional preconceptions andexpediencerather than principle.
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Changing executive priorities and politicalexpediencerelegated business concerns to the back of the reform agenda.
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Forexpedienceand clarity, let us use lowercase letters when refer ring to one or the other constituent of a biconditional proposal, and capitals when characterizing the biconditional itself.
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I shall not attempt to discuss the issue here, except to say that generalexpediencemay well justify a ban extending for some reasonable period after death.
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But, under the existing amalgam of cowardice andexpedience, we have 1¼ million unemployed.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
We must question the proportionality and theexpedienceof this approach.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
It is not a matter ofexpedience, at any rate with some of us.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I hope that longer-term development can take priority over short-termexpedience.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I do not think that that decision was made on the basis of politicalexpedience.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I shudder to imagine what will be the next crime to be neutralised in that way out ofexpedience.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Thus, in some way or another women have always been the victims ofexpedience, depriving them of their natural rights.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
So, on general justice and on grounds of publicexpedience, it seems to me that that is a salutory and proper provision.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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