expediency

[iks'pi:diənsi]

n.权宜, 方便,私利

例句与用法:

An ambitious politician, guided by expediency rather than principle.

一个有野心的政客,常为自身利益而不是原则来指导

He acted from expediency, not from principle.

他为求达到目的,丧失了原则。

All his actions are governed by expediency.

他所有的行动都是一种权宜之计。

词形变化:

名词复数: expediencies |

详细释义:

n.

1. 适宜; 方便; 合算

2. 利己, 权宜之计