expediency是什么意思？

expediency

英[ɪk'spi:dɪənsɪ] 美[ɪkˈspidiənsi]

• n. 适宜，方便，合算，利己；

复数：expediencies;

例句

• The government is torn between principle and expediency. 政府在原则与权宜之间难于抉择。
• There will always be tensions between principle and expediency. 原则和权宜之计之间总是矛盾重重.
• It was difficult to strike the right balance between justice and expediency. 在公正与私利之间很难两全.
• 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。
• It seems political expediency, rather than absolute economic need, will determine who gains from the conflict... 看来是政治上的权宜之计，而不是绝对的经济需求，将决定谁会从这场冲突中获益。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-UNCOUNT
  不得已而做的事;权宜之计
  Expediency means doing what is convenient rather than what is morally right.
  例句
  It seems political expediency, rather than absolute economic need, will determine who gains from the conflict... 看来是政治上的权宜之计，而不是绝对的经济需求，将决定谁会从这场冲突中获益。 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。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  利己；权术；权宜之计
  The government is torn between principle and expediency. 政府在原则与权宜之间难于抉择。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. the quality of being suited to the end in view

行业词典

• 法律： 实用主义；