| 单词 | expedience |
| 释义 | expedience (once / 32651 pages) n WORD FAMILY expedience: expediences+/expediency: expediencies/expedient: expedience, expediency, expediently, expedients, inexpedient/inexpedient: inexpedience, inexpediency, inexpediently USAGE EXAMPLES‘There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience,’ he wrote. Washington Post(Dec 16, 2016) But in phone conversations with Obama, she seemed to couch the response as political expedience and nothing too personal. Washington Post(Nov 14, 2016) In her speeches, she invokes lofty ideals, when doubtless she’s often motivated by expedience. The New Yorker(Nov 03, 2016) 1n the quality of being suited to the end in view Syn|Ant|Hyper expediency inexpedience, inexpediency the quality of being unsuited to the end in view advantage, vantage the quality of having a superior or more favorable position 2n taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others Syn|Hyper opportunism, self-interest, self-seeking selfishness stinginess resulting from a concern for your own welfare and a disregard of others |
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