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expediency [ɪkˈspidiənsi]

n. 适宜; 方便; 合算; 利己;
复数:: expediencies

例句:

  • In some perplexity...about the expediency of the voyage.
    来自C. Middleton
  • 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。
  • The government is torn between principle and expediency.
    政府在原则与权宜之间难于抉择.
  • It was difficult to strike the right balance between justice and expediency.
    在公正与私利之间很难两全.
  • The Saville Inquiry was born out of political expediency.
    来自THETIMES
  • But it endures because of its political expediency.
    来自WSJ