expedient

英式音标：[ɪkˈspi:diənt] 怎么读

美式音标：[ɪkˈspidiənt] 怎么读

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同义词： quick-fix makeshift favorable convenient beneficial advantageous

同根词： expedite expediently expediency expedience

expedient概况

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adj. 权宜的；方便的；有利的

n. 权宜之计；应急手段

expedient词义

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adj.

应急有效的，权宜之计的；方便的，便利的，有利的；

n.

应急办法，权宜之计；

变形

复数：expedients

英英释义

expedient[ ik'spi:diənt ]

n.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"

appropriate to a purpose; practical

"in the circumstances it was expedient to express loyalty"

expedient用法

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双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

Einstein found it expedient to use in the creation of his theories.
爱因斯坦发现这种本性在他理论的创建中是有用的。

用作名词(n.)

It was expedient to retire gracefully.
体面的让步可算是权宜之计。

But that would be crassly expedient.
但那将是一个愚蠢的权宜之计。

权威例句

Taxonomy: impediment or expedient?

A General and expedient method for the synthesis of 1,4-benzodazepine derviatives

A general and expedient method for the solid-phase synthesis of 1,4-benzodiazepine derivatives

Expedient vapor probing of organic amines using fluorescent nanofibers fabricated from an n-type organic semiconductor.

New Nonlinear Optical Materials: Expedient Topotactic Self‐Assembly of Acentric Chromophoric Superlattices

General microwave-assisted protocols for the expedient synthesis of quinoxalines and heterocyclic pyrazines

Ruthenium-Catalyzed Oxidative C–H Bond Alkenylations in Water: Expedient Synthesis of Annulated Lactones

Catalytic asymmetric hydrogenation of N-iminopyridinium ylides: expedient approach to enantioenriched substituted piperidine derivat...

Magnesium precipitation of ribonucleoprotein complexes. Expedient techniques for the isolation of undergraded polysomes and messenge...

ChemInform Abstract: Pd(II)-Catalyzed Hydroxyl-Directed C—H Activation/C—O Cyclization: Expedient Construction of Dihydrobenzofurans

expedient词源

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expedient (adj.)

late 14c., "advantageous, fit, proper to a purpose," from Old French expedient "useful, beneficial" (14c.) or directly from Latin expedientem (nominative expediens) "beneficial," present participle of expedire "make fit or ready, prepare" (see expedite). The noun meaning "a device adopted in an exigency, that which serves to advance a desired result" is from 1650s. Related: Expediential; expedientially (both 19c.).

Expedient, contrivance, and device indicate artificial means of escape from difficulty or embarrassment; resource indicates natural means or something possessed; resort and shift may indicate either. [Century Dictionary]

expedient造句

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1. Income controls were used only as a short-term expedient.

采用控制收入的办法只是作为一时的权宜之计。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

2. Do whatever is expedient.

怎么便利就怎么办。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

3. Step scanning is an expedient technique.

分段移位测量是一个实用的方法。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

4. Many conservatives resurrected traditional isolationism, protecting American moral purity against contamination by the expedient.

许多保守党人使传统的孤立主义复活，维护美国伦理的纯洁不受权宜之需的感染。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

5. Simplifying assumptions are introduced whenever expedient, and generalizations are made whenever practical.

每当有利时就引入简化假设，每当有效果时就进行推广。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

6. a temporary expedient

权宜之计,临时办法

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

7. Einstein found it expedient to use in the creation of his theories.

爱因斯坦发现这种本性在他理论的创建中是有用的。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

8. In times of war governments do things because they are expedient.

战时政府做一些事是因其有利。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

9. Once there, the metamorphosis of the button continued by the simple expedient of allowing it to stay in the recessed—or pushed-in—state when clicked, then returning to the raised aspect when it is clicked again, a latching butcon or toggle (see Figure 21-4).

这里，我们也可以使用简单的方法允许按钮单击时保持凹进或者按下状态。 再次单击时则凸起，这是锁定图标按钮或者开关（如图21-4所示）。

-- 来源 -- About Face 3交互设计精髓

10. With significant reliability, you can predict the behavior of your users by the simple expedient of remembering what they did the last several times they used the application. This allows you to greatly reduce the number of questions your application must ask the user.

因为具有明显的可靠性，所以你可以通过简单的权宜之计，即记住用户前几次使用程序的情况来预测他的行为，这样可以让你大幅度减少程序必须向用户提问的次数。

-- 来源 -- About Face 3交互设计精髓