expedient 音标拼音: [ɪksp'idiənt]
n . 权宜之计,临时手段
a . 权宜的,方便的,有用的
权宜之计,临时手段权宜的,方便的,有用的
expedient adj 1 :
serving to promote your interest ; "
was merciful only when mercy was expedient " [
ant : {
inexpedient }]
2 :
appropriate to a purpose ;
practical ; "
in the circumstances it was expedient to express loyalty "
n 1 :
a means to an end ;
not necessarily a principled or ethical one Expedient \
Ex *
pe "
di *
ent \
a . [
L .
expediens , -
entis ,
p .
pr .
of expedire to be expedient ,
release ,
extricate :
cf .
F .
exp ['
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dient .
See {
Expedite }.]
1 .
Hastening or forward ;
hence ,
tending to further or promote a proposed object ;
fit or proper under the circumstances ;
conducive to self -
interest ;
desirable ;
advisable ;
advantageous ; --
sometimes contradistinguished from {
right }
or {
principled }.
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1913 Webster ]
It is expedient for you that I go away . --
John xvi .
7 .
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Nothing but the right can ever be expedient ,
since that can never be true expediency which would sacrifice a greater good to a less . --
Whately .
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2 .
Quick ;
expeditious . [
Obs .]
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His marches are expedient to this town . --
Shak .
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Expedient \
Ex *
pe "
di *
ent \,
n .
1 .
That which serves to promote or advance ;
suitable means to accomplish an end .
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1913 Webster ]
What sure expedient than shall Juno find ,
To calm her fears and ease her boding mind ?
--
Philips .
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2 .
Means devised in an exigency ;
shift .
Syn :
Shift ;
contrivance ;
resource ;
substitute .
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1913 Webster ]
199 Moby Thesaurus words for "
expedient ":
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ad hoc measure ,
advantageous ,
advisable ,
agency ,
answer ,
applicable ,
appropriate ,
apropos ,
art ,
artful dodge ,
artifice ,
auspicious ,
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becoming ,
befitting ,
behind -
the -
scenes influence ,
beneficial ,
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blind ,
bon ,
bonny ,
braw ,
bueno ,
capital ,
chicanery ,
cogent ,
commendable ,
commodious ,
congruous ,
conspiracy ,
contrivance ,
convenient ,
correct ,
countermove ,
coup ,
course of action ,
craft ,
cute trick ,
deceit ,
decent ,
demarche ,
dernier ressort ,
design ,
desirable ,
device ,
devices ,
dodge ,
effective ,
effort ,
elegant ,
employable ,
estimable ,
excellent ,
expediency ,
expedients ,
fair ,
fakement ,
famous ,
favorable ,
feasible ,
feint ,
felicitous ,
fetch ,
fine ,
fit ,
fitten ,
fitting ,
fortunate ,
fructuous ,
functional ,
gambit ,
game ,
gimmick ,
going between ,
good ,
good for ,
goodly ,
grand ,
grift ,
happy ,
healthy ,
helpful ,
hope ,
improvisation ,
influence ,
instrument ,
instrumentality ,
intermediation ,
intrigue ,
judicious ,
jugglery ,
jury -
rig ,
jury -
rigged expedient ,
kind ,
knavery ,
last expedient ,
last resort ,
last shift ,
laudable ,
likely ,
little game ,
lucky ,
machination ,
machinery ,
makeshift ,
maneuver ,
maneuvering ,
maneuvers ,
manipulation ,
means ,
measure ,
mechanism ,
mediation ,
medium ,
meet ,
move ,
nice ,
noble ,
of general utility ,
of help ,
of service ,
of use ,
opportune ,
pertinent ,
pis aller ,
pleasant ,
plot ,
ploy ,
politic ,
political influence ,
possible ,
practicable ,
practical ,
pragmatic ,
pragmatical ,
profitable ,
proper ,
propitious ,
providential ,
prudent ,
racket ,
recommendable ,
recommended ,
recourse ,
red herring ,
refuge ,
regal ,
resort ,
resource ,
right ,
ripe ,
royal ,
ruse ,
scheme ,
seasonable ,
seemly ,
service ,
serviceable ,
shake -
up ,
shift ,
skillful ,
sleight ,
solution ,
sortable ,
sound ,
splendid ,
step ,
stopgap ,
stratagem ,
strategy ,
stroke ,
stroke of policy ,
substitute ,
subterfuge ,
suitable ,
tactic ,
tactical ,
tactical maneuvers ,
tactics ,
temporary expedient ,
timely ,
to be desired ,
trick ,
trickery ,
trump ,
useful ,
utilitarian ,
valid ,
very good ,
virtuous ,
well -
timed ,
wile ,
wily device ,
wire -
pulling ,
wise ,
working hypothesis ,
working proposition ,
worthwhile
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