expedient 是什么意思
adj. 权宜的；方便的；有利的
expedient 中文词源
expedient 权宜之计
来自expedite, 加速。引申义权宜，权宜之计。比较汉语欲速则不达。
英语词源
expedient (adj.)
late 14c., "advantageous, fit, proper to a purpose," from Old French expedient "useful, beneficial" (14c.) or directly from Latin expedientem (nominative
expedient 权威例句
- 1. The disease was controlled by the simple expedient of not allowing anyone to leave the city.
- 通过禁止任何人出城的简单应急办法使疾病得到了控制。
来自《权威词典》
- 2. The government found it expedient to relax censorship a little.
- 政府发现略微放宽审查是可取的.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. It was expedient to retire gracefully.
- 体面的让步可算是权宜之计.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. Do whatever is expedient.
- 权宜处置,怎么方便就怎么办.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 5. I cut my purchases dramatically by the simple expedient of destroying my credit cards.
- 通过销毁信用卡这一简单的权宜之计，我大幅削减了自己的购物支出。
来自柯林斯例句
expedient 造句
- 1. Income controls were used only as a short-term expedient.
- 采用控制收入的办法只是作为一时的权宜之计。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
- 2. Do whatever is expedient.
- 怎么便利就怎么办。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
- 3. Step scanning is an expedient technique.
- 分段移位测量是一个实用的方法。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
- 4. Many conservatives resurrected traditional isolationism, protecting American moral purity against contamination by the expedient.
- 许多保守党人使传统的孤立主义复活，维护美国伦理的纯洁不受权宜之需的感染。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
- 5. Simplifying assumptions are introduced whenever expedient, and generalizations are made whenever practical.
- 每当有利时就引入简化假设，每当有效果时就进行推广。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
- 6. a temporary expedient
- 权宜之计,临时办法
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
- 7. 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。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
- 8. In times of war governments do things because they are expedient.
- 战时政府做一些事是因其有利。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
- 9. Once there, the metamorphosis of the button continued by the simple expedient of allowing it to stay in the recessed—or pushed-in—state when clicked, then returning to the raised aspect when it is clicked again, a latching butcon or toggle (see Figure 21-4).
- 这里，我们也可以使用简单的方法允许按钮单击时保持凹进或者按下状态。 再次单击时则凸起，这是锁定图标按钮或者开关（如图21-4所示）。
-- 来源 -- About Face 3交互设计精髓
- 10. With significant reliability, you can predict the behavior of your users by the simple expedient of remembering what they did the last several times they used the application. This allows you to greatly reduce the number of questions your application must ask the user.
- 因为具有明显的可靠性，所以你可以通过简单的权宜之计，即记住用户前几次使用程序的情况来预测他的行为，这样可以让你大幅度减少程序必须向用户提问的次数。
-- 来源 -- About Face 3交互设计精髓
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