expediency
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ɪk'spiːdɪənsɪ; ek-]
- 美式音标 [ɪk'spidɪənsi]
- 国际音标 [ik'spi:diənsi,-əns]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n. 方便,权宜;私利;权宜之计
词根记忆
- ex + ped(脚) + iency→把脚迈出去→权宜之计
同根派生
- adj性质的同根词
- expedite:畅通的;迅速的;方便的。
- expedient:权宜的;方便的;有利的。
- adv性质的同根词
- expediently:方便地;得当地;便利地。
- n性质的同根词
- expedient:权宜之计;应急手段。
- expedience:私利;权宜;方便。
- vt性质的同根词
- expedite:加快;促进;发出。
英汉例句
- This was a matter less of morals than of expediency.
此举只是权宜之计,不关乎道德问题。 - It was difficult to strike the right balance between justice and expediency.
在公正与私利之间很难两全. - There will always be tensions between principle and expediency.
原则和权宜之计之间总是矛盾重重. - This was a matter less of morals than of expediency.
此举只是权宜之计,不关乎道德问题。 - It was difficult to strike the right balance between justice and expediency.
在公正与私利之间很难两全.
词组短语
- Not Expediency 不权宜之计
- expediency convenience 利己
- expedience expediency 权宜
- expediency y 权宜之计
- expediency behavior [经]权宜行为
短语
英英字典
- Expediency means doing what is convenient rather than what is morally right.
柯林斯英英字典
专业释义
- 方便,权宜;私利