# expedient ##### 词义 - 英：/ɪkˈspiːdiənt/； 美：/ɪkˈspiːdiənt/ - #词性/n 权宜之计；应急办法 - #词性/adj 权宜之计；合宜；可取；得当 ##### 例句 - The government has clearly decided that a cut in interest rates would be politically expedient . - 政府显然认定削减利率是政治上的权宜之计。 - I cut my purchases dramatically by the simple expedient of destroying my credit cards . - 通过销毁信用卡这一简单的权宜之计，我大幅削减了自己的购物支出。 - The disease was controlled by the simple expedient of not allowing anyone to leave the city . - 通过禁止任何人出城的简单应急办法使疾病得到了控制。 ##### 形态 - #形态/word_pl expedients