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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 14844 COCA: 19681
expedient
ɪkspdiənt ɪkˈspiːdɪənt ɛkˈspidiənt ɪkˈspidiənt
Word forms: plural expedients
1 N-COUNT [usually singular] 权宜之计;应急措施 An expedient is an action that achieves a particular purpose, but may not be morally right. 权宜之计;应急措施
  • Surgical waiting lists were reduced by the simple expedient of striking off all patients awaiting varicose vein operations. [+ of]

    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。

  • The story was a temporary expedient.

    这个借口是临时的应急之法。

2 ADJ-GRADED 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. 有利的;方便的;权宜之计的
  • 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。

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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 14844 COCA: 19681
expedient

adjective

VERBS | ADVERB VERBSbe, prove得當;證明可取appear, seem看起來/好像可取It seems expedient to clarify the concept.看來有利於澄清這一概念。become變得可取make sth使⋯變得可取consider sth, deem sth, judge sth, think sth視⋯為權宜之計;認為⋯是變通辦法find sth發現⋯可取The government found it expedient to relax censorship a little.政府發現略微放寬審查是可取的。ADVERBpolitically政治上得當
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 14844 COCA: 19681
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 14844 COCA: 19681
expedient
Useful and effective and working correctly: useful, efficient, effective...
Ways of solving problems: solution, compromise, remedy...

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