expedience
UK/ik'spi:diənsi/US/ik'spi:djәns/
C2
释义
n.
Suitability for a practical purpose, often over what is right; a variant of expediency.
权宜；便利（expediency 的变体）
词根拆分
原生英语expedientroot
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-ence状态，性质
=expedience
expediency 的较少见变体，意思相同：做方便的事。多数作者更常用 'expediency'。
常用搭配
- 1.political expedience政治权宜
- 2.for expedience为了便宜行事
- 3.expediency vs morality利益与道德
例句
- 1.
The decision was made out of political expedience.
这个决定出于政治上的权宜。