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    expedient查询结果如下:

    音标:[ɪk'spiːdiənt]
    名词复数:expedients 词频:低频词
    基本释义/说明:adj.权宜的;有用的
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    a.
    ①[作表语用]合适的;有利的;得策的;
    It is expedient that you (should) follow his advice.
    你要听他的忠告才对.
    ②权宜之计的:an expedient measure 权宜措施;
    n.
    权宜之计;应急的手段 (办法);
    a temporary expedient
    临时措施.
    -扩展释义
    adj. 【计算机】
    临时的(便利的,有利的;n.紧急的手段)
    n. 【法律专业】
    紧急手段
    adj. 【化学】
    临时的,便利的,有利的,合适的权宜之计;紧急的手段,办法
    N/A
    a.1. 方便的;有利的;权宜的,2. 出于便利的;出于私利的,n.1. 紧急措施;权宜之计[C]
    Gingrich, willing to step outside the committee system when expedient (and conversant himself with health-care policy from his work on a task force in 1991), avoided the institutional difficulties
    金里奇则愿意有时采取权宜之计暂离委员会系统(并且通过1991年他在一个工作组的工作而熟悉了医疗保健政策),从而避开了体制上的困难。
    -同义词和反义词
    -expedient的不同词性形态

    形容词 变体/同根词

    Of or pertaining to an expedition. || (military) Intended for military operations abroad.
    “This is a state-of-the-art small, portable, expeditionary aeromedical rapid response team.”
    “When expeditionary forces are on the move, aircraft maintenance assures that airframes can maintain the force flow required by the war fighter.”
    “The limited size of such expeditionary forces obviously renders them incapable of attacking Russia.”
    Fast, prompt, speedy. || (of a process or thing) Completed or done with efficiency and speed; facilitating speed.
    “Railway commuters in the State will also benefit from the possible and expeditious improvements in passenger amenities.”
    “They recommended expeditious evaluation of these patients, including a history, a physical examination, and electrocardiography.”
    “The result has been a form of social constipation, a culture of non-performance in regard to expeditious implementation.”
    Governed by expediency; seeking advantage.
    “Action is an effort to produce certain consequences and is therefore essentially expediential.”
    “Human beings construct their politics in terms of pragmatic, expediential goals.”
    “He based his case on two arguments, one scriptural and one expediential.”
    Free of impediment; unimpeded. || Expeditious; quick; prompt.
    accelerated || arranged, executed or dispatched quickly or more efficiently

    名词 变体/同根词

    One who goes on an expedition.
    “Email is so important in Antarctica. Each expeditioner has an e-dress on board and on the station.”
    expediter
    同义词: expo
    A person who expedites.
    “He is also the president’s chief expediter in charge of completing key infrastructure and agricultural development projects.”
    “In the end, our fairy godmother prevailed, waved her wand and produced Mr. Mint, a delightful and charming passport expediter.”
    “An expediter for the project’s mob-tied developer was already under indictment for forging the demolition permit that had illegally cleared the site.”
    The quality of being expedite.
    The state of being expeditious; celerity, rapidity or speed
    “I favour expeditiousness, to clear the path so that our aspirations are not twisted by protracted disputes over acre, rood, and perch.”
    “Sometimes, in our expeditiousness to move the world down the path towards the workers’ Utopia, we aren’t cognizant of who we are excluding from the process.”
    “The government defended its decision by pointing to the virtues of informality and expeditiousness, plus full investigatory rather than adjudicatory powers.”
    (uncountable) The quality of being fit or suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended; propriety or advisability under the particular circumstances of a case. || Speed, haste or urgency. || Something that is expedient. || (过时的,旧时用法) An expedition; enterprise; adventure.
    “It has shown that it is prepared to abuse the constitution for political convenience and expedience.”
    “Speak up and tell your representatives that now is the time for excellence, not expedience.”
    “An immigration policy is urgently needed, national experts warn, and not one simply based on the economic expedience of cheap available labor.”
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