Expedient

[ɪk'spiːdɪənt;ek-] or [ɪk'spidɪənt]

解释:

(noun.) a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one.

(adj.) serving to promote your interest; 'was merciful only when mercy was expedient' .

(adj.) appropriate to a purpose; practical; 'in the circumstances it was expedient to express loyalty' .

编辑:罗达--From WordNet

解释:

(a.) Hastening or forward; hence, tending to further or promote a proposed object; fit or proper under the circumstances; conducive to self-interest; desirable; advisable; advantageous; -- sometimes contradistinguished from right.

(a.) Quick; expeditious.

(n.) That which serves to promote or advance; suitable means to accomplish an end.

(n.) Means devised in an exigency; shift.

吉塞尔编辑

同义词及近义词:

a. [1]. Fit, proper, suitable, advisable, desirable.[2]. Advantageous, profitable, useful, for one's advantage, for one's interest.

n. Shift, resource, resort, contrivance, means.

安塞姆校对

同义词及反义词:

[See EXPEDIENCY]

艾比校对

解释:

adj. suitable: advisable: (Shak.) hasty.—n. that which serves to promote: means suitable to an end: contrivance.—ns. Expē′dience (Shak.) haste despatch: expediency; Expē′diency fitness: desirableness: self-interest.—adj. Expedien′tial.—adv. Expē′diently.

整理:奥蒂斯

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