The disease was controlled by the simple expedient of not allowing anyone to leave the city.
采取了禁止所有人出城的简单应急办法，使疾病得到了控制。
The government has clearly decided that a cut in interest rates would be politically expedient.
政府显然认为削减利率是政治上的权宜之计。
1.方便的,便利的,有利的;得当的,适当的
2.权宜的,临时的
1.应急办法,权宜手段
1.used for describing an action that produces an immediate result or solution to a problem, even though it may not be fair or honest
1.an action that produces an immediate result or solution to a problem, even though it may not be fair or honest
1.against him? " She wondered that this simple expedient HAD never occurred to her before. "
“你能不能跟他打官司？”她不禁诧异起来，这一步妙棋她以前从来没有想到过。
2."This new, expedient way is not formally taught, but residents seem to learn it no matter where in the United States they train, " he said.
“这种新的权益方式并没有正式教授，但是看上去住院医师无论在美国哪里受训都学习它，”他表示。
3.It is often politically expedient to paint China as an adversary, or worse, a future enemy.
将中国描述为一个对手，甚至是未来的敌人，往往是政治上的权宜之计。
4.and, consequently, that it would be highly expedient to wait on her at Pemberley the following morning. They were, therefore, to go.
最后她们认为，最好是明天一大早就上彭伯里去拜候她，她们决定就这么办。
5.She thought it expedient not to tell her mother where she had been .
她认为不告诉她母亲她去哪里比较妥当。
6.But just in case we are observing yet another expedient shift, it might be a good idea to understand precisely why socialism is a bad idea.
但是为了以防万一，我们有必要谈一下另一种转变，那就是准确理解社会主义的荒诞可能是一个好主意。
7.You'll also see why XML is not always the way to go: transferring plain text can be an expedient choice for simple Ajax requests.
您将看到为什么XML并不总是最好的途径：对于简单的Ajax请求来说，传输纯文本更好。
8.Japan's decision not to go to the wall for its territorial claims looks expedient, but it may come to haunt it in the long term.
日本决定不为其领土要求而去碰壁（的选择）看起来是有利，但它可能存在着长期的深远影响。
9.The temptation, however, seems to be: do what is most expedient to achieve the desired outcome.
不过，诱人的做法是：做对于期待中结果最称得上权宜之计的事。
10.We maintain at all times objectivity , dedication and commitment to the efficient and expedient completion of each task.
无论何时，我们都保持客观、入及责无旁贷的态度，高效、捷地完成每一项任务。