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单词 expedient
释义
expedient
adjective
formal
uk
/ɪkˈspiː.di.ənt/us
/ɪkˈspiː.di.ənt/
helpfulorusefulin aparticularsituation, but sometimes notmorallyacceptable:
权宜之计的；应急的；不得已而为之的
It might be expedient not topayhim until theworkisfinished.要到工作完成才付他薪水，这或许也是不得已而为之。
Themanagementhas taken aseriesof expedientmeasurestoimprovethe company'sfinancialsituation.管理层采取了一系列应急措施来改善公司的财务状况。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Useful or advantageous
  • advantageous
  • advantageously
  • all-singing
  • amiss
  • asset
  • bea good betidiom
  • fecund
  • fruitfully
  • fruitfulness
  • functionally
  • gainfully
  • general
  • productive
  • productively
  • profitable
  • profitably
  • repaysomeone'seffort, time, attention, etc.idiom
  • sniff
  • win-win
  • worthwhile
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expediently
expedient
noun[C]
formal
uk
/ɪkˈspiː.di.ənt/us
/ɪkˈspiː.di.ənt/
anactionthat is expedient:
权宜之计；应急办法
apoliticalexpedient政治上的权宜之计
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Solving and solutions
  • band-aid solution
  • be at the bottom ofsomethingidiom
  • bottom
  • clear(something)up
  • clue
  • conquer
  • fall
  • figure
  • ironsomethingout
  • it will (all) come out in the washidiom
  • kill or cureidiom
  • lateral thinking
  • magic bullet
  • round
  • solution
  • untangle
  • way roundidiom
  • worksomethingout
  • work throughsomething
  • workaround
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(Definition ofexpedientfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

expedient| American Dictionary

expedient
adjective[not gradable]
us
/ɪkˈspid·i·ənt/
helpfulorusefulin aparticularsituation, and withoutconsideringanymoralquestionthat mightinfluenceyourdecision:
Wethoughtit expedient not topaythebuilderuntil hefinishedthework.

expediency

noun[U]us
/ɪkˈspid·i·ən·si/(alsoexpedience,us/ɪkˈspid·i·əns/)
politicalexpediency
(Definition ofexpedientfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

expedient| Business English

expedient
adjective
formal
uk
/ɪkˈspiːdiənt/us
helpfulorusefulin thesituationthat nowexists,althoughperhapsnot therightthing to domorallyor for thefuture:
it is expedient to do sthIt might be expedient not topayhim until sometimeafter theworkisfinished.
It would not bepoliticallyexpedienttoproposenewfees.
Themanagementhas taken aseriesof expedientmeasurestoimprovethe company'sfinancialsituation.

expediently

adverb/ɪkˈspiːdiəntli/
We need tofindthemeansto takedecisionsboth expediently and withduepublicconsultation.
expedient
noun[C]
formal
uk
/ɪkˈspiːdiənt/us
anactionthat isexpedient:
Thecompanycansavemoneyby thesimpleexpedient ofcuttinginvestmentandhiring.
(Definition ofexpedientfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofexpedient

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Various expedients can be and have been suggested.
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Shipyards mean the production of new developments and expedients rendered necessary by new methods of warfare.
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Whatever temporary expedients may be adopted let us not lose our resolution to go on asserting our rights and obtain them in the end.
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No one—least of all the miner—regards them as anything but temporary expedients and expedients of a most disagreeable kind.
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Inflation must be stopped so that these expedients—and they are nothing more than expedients—can be done away with.
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The true answer is to try to remove the deterrents to success and in a properly organised society people will not pursue these expedients.
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We did not seek to bring back a collection of expedients which could be added up to a solution of a temporary crisis.
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Many immediate difficulties will arise for which temporary expedients must be found.
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The problem of parliamentary congestion lingers on, no matter what remedies or expedients are resorted to.
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In the absence of a system of administrative law and courts to enforce it, which we badly need, we have been driven to temporary expedients.
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We are actively following up every useful suggestion that is being made, and in many counties very excellent expedients are being adopted and tried out.
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You are not going to cure unemployment by a policy of doles or temporary expedients.
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Various expedients are being considered—for example, fiat-rate systems which would enable working expenses to be significantly reduced.
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When that controversial scheme was eventually abandoned for lack of funds, attention then turned to a series of more modest ad hoc expedients and adaptations.
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During the war the country was driven to expedients and, rightly, it was decided that hospitals in the big danger towns should be evacuated.
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