英语释义

• taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others

• the quality of being suited to the end in view

片语

self-interest私利；利己主义

expedience n便利

expedience expediency权宜

英汉例句

• however, they fail to recognize that today's patients may actually be willing to accept the risk of potential breach of privacy in exchange for expedience of communication.

  但是，他们并没有意识到现在的病人宁可接受这样的一点风险来换取相互的交流。

• the centre-right conservatives and smaller centrist liberal democrats agreed on tuesday on what critics call an unstable partnership of expedience after an inconclusive election.

  上周二，英国中右派政党保守党与中间派小党自由民主党在大选无果后达成协定，组建联合政府，此举被批评人士称为短期联合掌权的权宜之计。

• it was proved briefness, expedience and efficiency .

  实例证明，此方法简单、方便和有效。

• necessity has no law, and expedience is often one form of necessity.

  需要所至无法律，而”为目的不择手段”经常是一种需要。

• it is the integration of eastern and western . its expedience lies in easy trade and easy habitation and adaptability to rainy torrid climate.

  它的方便性在于，既易于经商又易于居住，又适应了岭南湿热多雨气候，建筑形式上是中西合璧。

• expedience is contrasted to a life of principle, so an ascription of integrity is out of place.

  不择手段…和一个原则的生活的截然不同，所以，要赋予正直心是不符合的。

• this example shows the expedience and intuition of designing the database with the semantic object model.

  通过这个实例可以体会到使用语义对象模型设计数据库的方便与直观。

• five years above pa expedience includes two years supervisor position experience. familiar with cleaning machine operation, carpet and floor maintenance.

  五年以上pa。工作经验，二年以上主管工作经验，熟悉机器使用、地毯、硬地面保养。

• there is a sense in which morality and expedience need not conflict.

  从一种意义上说，道义和利益不一定沖突。

• this system has universality, expedience to use, and expansibility in practice.

  该系统在使用中具有广泛性、高效性、使用方便性和可扩展性。

相似词

convenience便利；厕所；便利的事物

fitness健康；适当；适合性

相反词

imprudence轻率，鲁莽的行为

inadvisability失策；不能变更

inexpedience不适当；失策

inexpediency不适当；失策

unwisdom无知，愚昧；愚昧的言行