單詞
expedience
[ik'spi:di?nsi,-?ns]
基本信息
- n. 私利；權宜；方便
英文詞源
- expedience (n.)
- mid-15c., "advantage, benefit," from Old French expedience, from Late Latin expedientia, from expedientem (see expedient). From "that which is expedient," the sense tends toward "utilitarian wisdom." Meaning "quality of being expedient" is from 1610s. Related: Expediency (1610s).
雙語例句
- 1. This system has universality, expedience to use, and expansibility in practice.
- 該系統在使用中具有廣泛性 、 高效性 、 使用方便性和可擴展性.
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- 2. Moral convictions must out - weigh expedience and buck passing.
- 道德的信念必須重于權宜之計和逃避責任.
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- 3. The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away , for expedience, and by parts.
- 真正危險的時候是那些為了權宜之計,將自由逐漸的 、 小塊的蠶食的時候.
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- 4. Those ideals still light the world, and we will not give them up for expedience's sake.
- 那些理想依然在照亮著這個, 我們不會因一時的困難而放棄這些理想.
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- 5. It has been proved safe, economical and expedience finallythe supportingmethod was adopted in large foundation pit.
- 實踐證明,在超大型深基坑中,采用這種新型的深基坑支護方法是能夠滿足安全要求, 同時可以節約造價,方便施工.
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