expedient

noun

/ɪkˈspiːdiənt/

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an action that is useful or necessary for a particular purpose, but not always fair or right
- The disease was controlled by the simple expedient of not allowing anyone to leave the city.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin expedient- ‘extricating, putting in order’, from the verb expedire ‘extricate (originally by freeing the feet), put in order’, from ex- ‘out’ + pes, ped- ‘foot’. The original sense was neutral; the negative sense, implying disregard of moral considerations, dates from the late 18th cent.

expedient

adjective

/ɪkˈspiːdiənt/

[not usually before noun]

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(of an action) useful or necessary for a particular purpose, but not always fair or right
- The government has clearly decided that a cut in interest rates would be politically expedient.
- The government found it expedient to relax censorship a little.
opposite inexpedient
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- be
- prove
- appear
- …
adverb
- politically
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Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin expedient- ‘extricating, putting in order’, from the verb expedire ‘extricate (originally by freeing the feet), put in order’, from ex- ‘out’ + pes, ped- ‘foot’. The original sense was neutral; the negative sense, implying disregard of moral considerations, dates from the late 18th cent.

单词	expedient
释义	expedient noun /ɪkˈspiːdiənt/ /ɪkˈspiːdiənt/ jump to other results an action that is useful or necessary for a particular purpose, but not always fair or right The disease was controlled by the simple expedient of not allowing anyone to leave the city. Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin expedient- ‘extricating, putting in order’, from the verb expedire ‘extricate (originally by freeing the feet), put in order’, from ex- ‘out’ + pes, ped- ‘foot’. The original sense was neutral; the negative sense, implying disregard of moral considerations, dates from the late 18th cent. expedient adjective /ɪkˈspiːdiənt/ /ɪkˈspiːdiənt/ [not usually before noun] jump to other results (of an action) useful or necessary for a particular purpose, but not always fair or right The government has clearly decided that a cut in interest rates would be politically expedient. The government found it expedient to relax censorship a little. opposite inexpedient Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs be prove appear … adverb politically See full entry Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin expedient- ‘extricating, putting in order’, from the verb expedire ‘extricate (originally by freeing the feet), put in order’, from ex- ‘out’ + pes, ped- ‘foot’. The original sense was neutral; the negative sense, implying disregard of moral considerations, dates from the late 18th cent.
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