Expedient

(noun.) a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one.

(adj.) serving to promote your interest; 'was merciful only when mercy was expedient' .

(adj.) appropriate to a purpose; practical; 'in the circumstances it was expedient to express loyalty' .

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• It is still difficult to assign the honour of priority in the use of the simple expedient of printing for multiplying books. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• She had wandered away to a subject on which Elinor had nothing to say, and therefore soon judged it expedient to find her way back again to the first. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• My uncle will be full of horror, weakness, precipitation; and that is the only expedient which will suggest itself to him. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The same question reappears in politics, where the useful or expedient seems to claim a larger sphere and to have a greater authority. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Or, it may be expedient for the boats to run past, but not the men. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Methought this was but a poor expedient; but I assured him of my obedience and zeal. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• The French, in the beginning of the last war, did not derive so much advantage from this expedient as to compensate the loss of the fashion. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The customary expedient of provincial girls and men in such circumstances is churchgoing. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• This practice is, in most cases, the expedient of a spendthrift, who, for a sum of ready money sells a future revenue of much greater value. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• In consequence of Mrs. Snagsby looking deeply edified, Mr. Snagsby thinks it expedient on the whole to say amen, which is well received. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• My greatest apprehension was for mine eyes, which I should have infallibly lost, if I had not suddenly thought of an expedient. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• Cudgel your brains for an expedient. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Bradley's face turned so dark on this hint, that Riderhood deemed it expedient to soften it into a compliment. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• We judged it expedient, now, to tell her all we knew; which I recounted at length. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• The use of the tank against trenches was an altogether obvious expedient. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Shirley's expedients did not fail her. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• It is one of its many admirable expedients for enriching the country. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• All her thoughts turned on this difficulty; her whole soul was occupied with expedients for effecting its solution. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• A good many expedients were resorted to to keep the excursionists amused and satisfied. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• The modern life of the world, however, has been replete with the resourceful expedients of the engineer, and the ingenious instrumentalities invented by him to carry out his plans. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Perhaps Calonne might return too, with fresh financial expedients. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Many of the tools and expedients she used were abominable. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• She would be free forever from the shifts, the expedients, the humiliations of the relatively poor. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Such brains are fertile in expedients. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• Several different expedients, however, may be fallen upon, which will effectually blunt the edge of all those incitements to diligence. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• These expedients simply made available the superior conductivity of the solid body over the air to transmit sound waves. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.

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