expedient

/ik-spee-dee-uhnt/US // ɪkˈspi di ənt //UK // (ɪkˈspiːdɪənt) //

权宜之计,合宜的,适宜的,合理的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : tending to promote some proposed or desired object; fit or suitable for the purpose; proper under the circumstances: It is expedient that you go.
- : conducive to advantage or interest, as opposed to right.
- : acting in accordance with expediency, or what is advantageous.

n.名词 noun

1
- : a means to an end: The ladder was a useful expedient for getting to the second floor.
- : a means devised or employed in an exigency; resource; shift: Use any expedients you think necessary to get over the obstacles in your way.

adj.worthwhile, appropriate

Synonyms

Congress should pass legislation allowing for an expedient and merciful resettlement of Afghan refugees into the country.
In some uncomplicated health-care situations, professional medical knowledge is sufficient to find an expedient solution, so decisions are straightforward.
After all, they reasoned, Burr was an expedient politician who would defect to the party that thrust him into power.
Machine learning provides an equitable, precise, and expedient capability to allocate our precious vaccine supplies.
Walling America off—whether physically, economically, or digitally—is expedient, but it is the ultimate self-defeating move for a 21st-century power that relies on international interconnectedness.
It was the result of a chain of good decisions—wise, prudent, long-sighted, or, at the least, expedient choices.
So in Florida, backing Medicaid expansion may become the politically expedient thing for the Republican.
Obama noted Thursday that both sides in the conflict blame the U.S., a popular and expedient political tactic in Egypt.
And because “it is very tempting to a minister to employ such an expedient…the practice will…be abused, in every government.”
The egalitarian rule-follower is merely expedient, but the loyal person will go to the wall for you.
I beseech your Majesty to be pleased to have executed immediately what is most for the royal service in this matter.

/ik-spee-dee-uhnt/US // ɪkˈspi di ənt //UK // (ɪkˈspiːdɪənt) //

权宜之计,合宜的,适宜的,合理的

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : tending to promote some proposed or desired object; fit or suitable for the purpose; proper under the circumstances: It is expedient that you go.
- : conducive to advantage or interest, as opposed to right.
- : acting in accordance with expediency, or what is advantageous.

n.名词 noun

1
- : a means to an end: The ladder was a useful expedient for getting to the second floor.
- : a means devised or employed in an exigency; resource; shift: Use any expedients you think necessary to get over the obstacles in your way.

adj.worthwhile, appropriate

Synonyms

Congress should pass legislation allowing for an expedient and merciful resettlement of Afghan refugees into the country.
In some uncomplicated health-care situations, professional medical knowledge is sufficient to find an expedient solution, so decisions are straightforward.
After all, they reasoned, Burr was an expedient politician who would defect to the party that thrust him into power.
Machine learning provides an equitable, precise, and expedient capability to allocate our precious vaccine supplies.
Walling America off—whether physically, economically, or digitally—is expedient, but it is the ultimate self-defeating move for a 21st-century power that relies on international interconnectedness.
It was the result of a chain of good decisions—wise, prudent, long-sighted, or, at the least, expedient choices.
So in Florida, backing Medicaid expansion may become the politically expedient thing for the Republican.
Obama noted Thursday that both sides in the conflict blame the U.S., a popular and expedient political tactic in Egypt.
And because “it is very tempting to a minister to employ such an expedient…the practice will…be abused, in every government.”
The egalitarian rule-follower is merely expedient, but the loyal person will go to the wall for you.
I beseech your Majesty to be pleased to have executed immediately what is most for the royal service in this matter.