expedient [ɪkˈspidiənt]

例句:

• The disease was controlled by the simple expedient of not allowing anyone to leave the city.
  通过禁止任何人出城的简单应急办法使疾病得到了控制。
  
• The government found it expedient to relax censorship a little.
  政府发现略微放宽审查是可取的.
  
• It was expedient to retire gracefully.
  体面的让步可算是权宜之计.
  
• The most expedient settlements for a trading country.
  来自W. Taylor
• Chalabi claimed that his relationship with Tehran was purely expedient.
  来自NEWYORKER
• English trade barriers had been overcome by the simple expedient of smuggling.
  来自BBC