英语词汇“expedient”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

ex·pe·di·ent

(ĭk-spēdē-ənt)

adj.

1. Suitable or efficient for accomplishing a purpose: thought email was the most expedient way to communicate with distant relatives.

2. Convenient but based on a concern for self-interest rather than principle: changed his position when it was politically expedient.

3. Obsolete Speedy; expeditious.

1. Something that is a means to an end, especially when based on self-interest: compromised only as an expedient to boost his career.

2. Something contrived or used to meet an urgent need: exhausted every expedient before filing a lawsuit.

[Middle English, from Latin expediēns, expedient-, present participle of expedīre, to make ready; see EXPEDITE.]

ex·pedi·ent·ly adv.

单词	expedient
释义	ex·pe·di·ent (ĭk-spēdē-ənt) adj. 1. Suitable or efficient for accomplishing a purpose: thought email was the most expedient way to communicate with distant relatives. 2. Convenient but based on a concern for self-interest rather than principle: changed his position when it was politically expedient. 3. Obsolete Speedy; expeditious. n. 1. Something that is a means to an end, especially when based on self-interest: compromised only as an expedient to boost his career. 2. Something contrived or used to meet an urgent need: exhausted every expedient before filing a lawsuit. [Middle English, from Latin expediēns, expedient-, present participle of expedīre, to make ready; see EXPEDITE.] ex·pedi·ent·ly adv.
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