expedient

noun

/ɪkˈspiːdiənt/

an action that is useful or necessary for a particular purpose, but not always fair or right权宜之计；应急办法
- The disease was controlled by the simple expedient of not allowing anyone to leave the city.采取了禁止所有人出城的简单应急办法，使疾病得到了控制。
词源late Middle English: from Latin expedient- ‘extricating, putting in order’, from the verb expedire ‘extricate (originally by freeing the feet), put in order’, from ex- ‘out’ + pes, ped- ‘foot’. The original sense was neutral; the negative sense, implying disregard of moral considerations, dates from the late 18th cent.

expedient

adjective

/ɪkˈspiːdiənt/

[not usually before noun]

(of an action行动) useful or necessary for a particular purpose, but not always fair or right得当；可取；合宜；权宜之计
- The government has clearly decided that a cut in interest rates would be politically expedient.政府显然认为削减利率是政治上的权宜之计。
- The government found it expedient to relax censorship a little.政府发现略微放宽审查是可取的。
opposite inexpedient
Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- be
- prove
- appear
- …
adverb
- politically
词源late Middle English: from Latin expedient- ‘extricating, putting in order’, from the verb expedire ‘extricate (originally by freeing the feet), put in order’, from ex- ‘out’ + pes, ped- ‘foot’. The original sense was neutral; the negative sense, implying disregard of moral considerations, dates from the late 18th cent.

词汇	expedient
释义	expedient noun /ɪkˈspiːdiənt/ /ɪkˈspiːdiənt/ an action that is useful or necessary for a particular purpose, but not always fair or right权宜之计；应急办法 The disease was controlled by the simple expedient of not allowing anyone to leave the city.采取了禁止所有人出城的简单应急办法，使疾病得到了控制。词源late Middle English: from Latin expedient- ‘extricating, putting in order’, from the verb expedire ‘extricate (originally by freeing the feet), put in order’, from ex- ‘out’ + pes, ped- ‘foot’. The original sense was neutral; the negative sense, implying disregard of moral considerations, dates from the late 18th cent. expedient adjective /ɪkˈspiːdiənt/ /ɪkˈspiːdiənt/ [not usually before noun] (of an action行动) useful or necessary for a particular purpose, but not always fair or right得当；可取；合宜；权宜之计 The government has clearly decided that a cut in interest rates would be politically expedient.政府显然认为削减利率是政治上的权宜之计。 The government found it expedient to relax censorship a little.政府发现略微放宽审查是可取的。 opposite inexpedient Collocations Dictionaryverbs be prove appear … adverb politically 词源late Middle English: from Latin expedient- ‘extricating, putting in order’, from the verb expedire ‘extricate (originally by freeing the feet), put in order’, from ex- ‘out’ + pes, ped- ‘foot’. The original sense was neutral; the negative sense, implying disregard of moral considerations, dates from the late 18th cent.
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