an action that is useful or necessary for a particular purpose, but not always fair or right 权宜之计；应急办法 The disease was controlled by the simple expedient of not allowing anyone to leave the city. 采取了禁止所有人出城的简单应急办法，使疾病得到了控制。
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin expedient- ‘extricating, putting in order’, from the verb expedire ‘extricate (originally by freeing the feet), put in order’, from ex- ‘out’ + pes, ped- ‘foot’. The original sense was neutral; the negative sense, implying disregard of moral considerations, dates from the late 18th cent.
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(of an action 行动 useful or necessary for a particular purpose, but not always fair or right 得当；可取；合宜；权宜之计 The government has clearly decided that a cut in interest rates would be politically expedient. 政府显然认为削减利率是政治上的权宜之计。 The government found it expedient to relax censorship a little. 政府发现略微放宽审查是可取的。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- prove
- appear
- …
- politically
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin expedient- ‘extricating, putting in order’, from the verb expedire ‘extricate (originally by freeing the feet), put in order’, from ex- ‘out’ + pes, ped- ‘foot’. The original sense was neutral; the negative sense, implying disregard of moral considerations, dates from the late 18th cent.
adjective
expedient
Useful and effective and working correctly: useful, efficient, effective...
Ways of solving problems: solution, compromise, remedy...
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