expedient的中文翻译
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expedient1
UK
/ɪkˈspiːdiənt/
US
/ɪkˈspiːdiənt/
权宜
noun
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an action that is useful or necessary for a particular purpose, but not always fair or right
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The disease was controlled by the simple expedient of not allowing anyone to leave the city.
通过禁止任何人出城的简单应急办法使疾病得到了控制
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expedient2
UK
/ɪkˈspiːdiənt/
US
/ɪkˈspiːdiənt/
权宜
adj.
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useful or necessary for a particular purpose, but not always fair or right
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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