英汉词典

expedient 基本解释

adj.

应急有效的，权宜之计的；方便的，便利的，有利的；

n.

应急办法，权宜之计；

变形

复数：expedients

英英释义

expedient[ ik'spi:diənt ]

n.a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical oneadj.serving to promote your interest

"was merciful only when mercy was expedient"

appropriate to a purpose; practical

"in the circumstances it was expedient to express loyalty"

expedient 相关例句

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

1. Einstein found it expedient to use in the creation of his theories.
   爱因斯坦发现这种本性在他理论的创建中是有用的。

用作名词(n.)

1. It was expedient to retire gracefully.
   体面的让步可算是权宜之计。
2. But that would be crassly expedient.
   但那将是一个愚蠢的权宜之计。

权威例句

Taxonomy: impediment or expedient?
A General and expedient method for the synthesis of 1,4-benzodazepine derviatives
A general and expedient method for the solid-phase synthesis of 1,4-benzodiazepine derivatives
Expedient vapor probing of organic amines using fluorescent nanofibers fabricated from an n-type organic semiconductor.
New Nonlinear Optical Materials: Expedient Topotactic Self‐Assembly of Acentric Chromophoric Superlattices
General microwave-assisted protocols for the expedient synthesis of quinoxalines and heterocyclic pyrazines
Ruthenium-Catalyzed Oxidative C–H Bond Alkenylations in Water: Expedient Synthesis of Annulated Lactones
Catalytic asymmetric hydrogenation of N-iminopyridinium ylides: expedient approach to enantioenriched substituted piperidine derivat...
Magnesium precipitation of ribonucleoprotein complexes. Expedient techniques for the isolation of undergraded polysomes and messenge...
ChemInform Abstract: Pd(II)-Catalyzed Hydroxyl-Directed C—H Activation/C—O Cyclization: Expedient Construction of Dihydrobenzofurans