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- (of an action) convenient and practical although possibly improper or immoral（行为）既方便又可行的; 权宜之计的：
either side could break the agreement if it were expedient to do so.
出于权宜之计违背协议, 哪一方都可办到。
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- (of an action) suitable or appropriate（行为）得当的; 适宜的; 合适的：
holding a public enquiry into the scheme was not expedient.
对这个阴谋进行公开调查不合适。
- a means of attaining an end, especially one that is convenient but considered improper or immoral对策, 权宜之计：
the current policy is a political expedient.
当前的政策是政治上的权宜之计。
派生词
expedience
nounexpediency
nounexpediently
adverb词源
late Middle English: from Latin expedient- 'extricat-ing, putting in order', from the verb expedire （see EXPEDITE）. The original sense was neutral; the depreciatory sense, implying disregard of moral considerations, dates from the late 18th cent.