WAY/METHODhelping you to deal with a problem quickly and effectively although sometimes in a way that is not morally right 便捷有效(但不道德)的;权宜的OPP inexpedient
This solution is politically expedient but may well cause long-term problems.
这种解决方法是政治上的权宜之计,但会引起长远的问题。
expedient to do something
We think it is expedient to make a good-will gesture to the new administration.
politically expedient• There can be little doubt that any government would rapidly do so should it become politically expedient.• Presumably, this is a politically expedient decision; but how long can this car dependence be sustained?• Aicha Kossoko exerts a broodingpresence as Octavia, suffering nobly through her politically expedientmarriage to the unloving Antony.• It may therefore become economically and politically expedient to encourage a shift to more labourintensive methods of primaryproduction.
expedient2 noun [countableC]
DEAL WITHa quick and effective way of dealing with a problem 应急对策;权宜之计
Moore escaped by the simple expedient of lying down in a clump of grass.
by the simple expedient of• They divined the contents of sealed envelopes by the simple expedient of opening the staples at the other end of the envelope.• Billy Bragg has the unusualgift of making other people's songs his own by the simple expedient ofsinging them.• The Pearl has a 6,500-strongsalesforce which collects insurancepremiums and arrangespoliciesby the simple expedient ofhouse-to-house calls.• Now down into crawler gear he pushes on, finding regular protection by the simple expedient of removing most of the ice!
Originexpedient1
(1300-1400)FrenchLatin, present participle of expedire; → EXPEDITE
VERBS | ADVERBVERBS➤be, prove得當;證明可取➤appear, seem看起來/好像可取◇It seems expedient to clarify the concept.看來有利於澄清這一概念。➤become變得可取➤make sth使⋯變得可取▸➤consider sth, deem sth, judge sth, think sth視⋯為權宜之計;認為⋯是變通辦法▸➤find sth發現⋯可取◇The government found it expedient to relax censorship a little.政府發現略微放寬審查是可取的。ADVERB➤politically政治上得當