expedience
美音:
[ık´spi:dıəns
]英音:
[ık´spi:dıəns
]n.方便,私利,权宜
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expedience为短语/超纲词汇
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ped=foot(足)
expedience
/-əns; -əns/
(also expediency /-EnsI; -EnsI/) (n [U] suitability or usefulness for a purpose, though not necessarily fair or moral 适宜, 有用, 有利, 便利(但不一定合理或正当)
*He acted from expediency, not from principle. 他为求达到目的, 丧失了原则.