expediency
US /ɪkˈspidiənsi/
・UK /ɪk'spi:dɪənsɪ/
B2 中高級
n. (u.)不可數名詞權宜
We chose his plan because of its expediency and low cost
n. (u.)不可數名詞權宜之計
The company chose the path of expediency, ignoring the long-term consequences.
n. (u.)不可數名詞有效性
He was guided by expediency rather than principle.
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美國大選結果：特朗普起訴，戰勝拜登的道路越走越窄 - BBC新聞特朗普起訴，戰勝拜登的道路越走越窄 - BBC News (US election results: Trump sues as path to victory over Biden narrows - BBC News)
14:45
- It's a position that is really kind of marked by political expediency rather than any kind of principled response to the count of mail in ballots.
這種立場實際上是一種政治上的權宜之計，而不是對郵遞選票統計的任何原則性迴應。
洛克比爆炸案泛美航空公司 103 號班機的悲慘真實故事 (The Lockerbie Bombing: The Tragic True Story Of Pan Am Flight 103)
11:35
- No amount of time or distance will stop the United States and our Scottish partners from pursuing justice. The Lockerbie case has taken numerous twists and turns. When justice appeared served, it was revealed that special interest and economic expediency had tainted the trials of the suspects. Abdebaset al-Megrahi's family has continued to fight his conviction posthumously, and on January 15, 2021, Scotland rejected an appeal to vacate al-Megrahi's conviction.
時間再長，距離再遠，也無法阻止美國和我們的蘇格蘭夥伴伸張正義。洛克比案件一波三折。當正義似乎得到伸張時，卻發現特殊利益和經濟上的權宜之計玷汙了對嫌疑人的審判。2021 年 1 月 15 日，蘇格蘭駁回了要求撤銷對梅格拉希定罪的上訴。
德州的口罩任務："我傾向於員工仍然戴著口罩"--BBC News (Texas mask mandate: 'I'm leaning towards staff still wearing masks'- BBC News)
01:07
- This is not the time to promote more infections, to promote more hospitalizations, to promote more deaths for the sake of political expediency.
現在不是為了政治上的權宜之計而促進更多的感染，促進更多的住院，促進更多的死亡。
熱議評估庫莫的取消文化訴求 (Hot Take assesses Cuomo's cancel culture claims)
05:56
- Politicians take positions for all sorts of reasons, including political expediency and bowing the pressure.
政治家們出於各種原因採取立場，包括政治上的權宜之計和向壓力低頭。
