| 词汇 | expedience |
| 释义 | expedience noun[ U ] formaluk /ɪkˈspiː.di.əns/ us /ɪkˈspiː.di.əns/ the situation in which something is helpful or useful in a particular situation, but sometimes not morally acceptable: 权宜之计；应急办法；不得已而做的事 I think this government operates on the basis of expedience, not of principle. a matter of expedienceAs a matter of expedience, we will not be taking on any new staff this year.迫不得已，我们公司今年将不招新员工。 Synonym expediency Related word expedient Useful or advantageous a place in the sunidiom advantageous advantageously all-singing amiss asset fodder foil fruitfully fruitfulness gainfully practicality preferential productive productively wholesome wholesomely wholesomeness win-win worthwhile Examples of expedienceexpedience The rationale link is concerned with the reasons that trigger learning, including novelty driven, expedience driven, conflict avoidance, and failure avoidance. The choice between the two is a matter of expedience rather than theory. Each involved the embrace of a picture of reality that inspired a heroic dedication and often a disregard for expedience. Their views appeared to be determined by traditional preconceptions and expedience rather than principle. Changing executive priorities and political expedience relegated business concerns to the back of the reform agenda. For expedience and 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. I shall not attempt to discuss the issue here, except to say that general expedience may well justify a ban extending for some reasonable period after death. But, under the existing amalgam of cowardice and expedience, we have 1¼ million unemployed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We must question the proportionality and the expedience of this approach. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English It is not a matter of expedience, at any rate with some of us. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope that longer-term development can take priority over short-term expedience. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not think that that decision was made on the basis of political expedience. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I shudder to imagine what will be the next crime to be neutralised in that way out of expedience. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Thus, in some way or another women have always been the victims of expedience, depriving them of their natural rights. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 So, on general justice and on grounds of public expedience, it seems to me that that is a salutory and proper provision. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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