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单词 expediences
释义

expedient /iks- or ek-spēˈdi-ənt/

adjective
  1. Suitable or appropriate
  2. Profitable or convenient rather than fair or just
  3. Advisable
  4. Expeditious (Shakespeare)
noun
  1. A means suitable to an end
  2. Something which serves to promote
  3. Contrivance or shift
ORIGIN: L expediēns, -entis, prp of expedīre (see expedite)

expēˈdience noun

  1. Haste or despatch (Shakespeare)
  2. Enterprise (Shakespeare)
  3. Expediency

expēˈdiency noun

  1. Appropriateness
  2. Desirableness
  3. Conduciveness to the need of the moment
  4. Something which is opportune
  5. Self-interest

expēdienˈtial /-enˈshl/ adjective

expedienˈtially adverb

expēˈdiently adverb

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