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expedient
語源
From Middle English expedient, from Old French expedient, from Latin expediens (stem expedient-), present participle of expedire (“to bring forward, to dispatch, to expedite; impers. to be profitable, serviceable, advantageous, expedient”), from ex (“out”) + pēs (“foot, hoof”).
形容詞
expedient (comparative more expedient, superlative most expedient)
- Suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended.
- a. 1863, Richard Whately, Thoughts and Apophthegms
- Nothing but the right can ever be the expedient, since that can never be true expediency which would sacrifice a greater good to a less.
- Affording short-term benefit, often at the expense of the long-term.
- 1849, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter III, in The History of England from the Accession of James II, volume I, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, OCLC 1069526323, page 389:
- [T]he judges were unanimously of opinion that [...] by the common law of England, no man, not authorised by the crown, had a right to publish political news. While the Whig party was still formidable, the government thought it expedient occasionally to connive at the violation of this rule.
- 2013, Douglas B. Klusmeyer, Demetrios G. Papademetriou, Immigration Policy in the Federal Republic of Germany[3]:
- Governed by self-interest, often short-term self-interest.
- 1861, John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism:
- But the Expedient, in the sense in which it is opposed to the Right, generally means that which is expedient for the particular interest of the agent himself; as when a minister sacrifices the interests of his country to keep himself in place.
- (obsolete) Expeditious, quick, rapid.
関連する語
- expede
- expedience
- expediency
- expedite
- expedition
名詞
expedient (複数形 expedients)
- A method or means for achieving a particular result, especially when direct or efficient; a resource.
- 1906, O. Henry, The Green Door:
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, page 709:
- Depressingly, [...] the expedient of importing African slaves was in part meant to protect the native American population from exploitation.
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Will this work as a way of convincing [an expedient to convince] your parents?発音を聞く 例文帳に追加
それは君の両親を納得させる方便になるか. - 研究社 新和英中辞典
We've got to devise some expedient to tide us over this crisis.発音を聞く 例文帳に追加
何とかこの急場をしのぐ便法を講じる必要がある. - 研究社 新和英中辞典
to use something else as a temporary expedient発音を聞く 例文帳に追加
他の物を臨時の間に合わせに使う - EDR日英対訳辞書
an expedient measure taken in the case of an emergency発音を聞く 例文帳に追加
非常の場合における臨機の処置 - EDR日英対訳辞書
What we would like to see is not some temporary expedient, but a bold and effective tax‐cut to get us out of this recession.発音を聞く 例文帳に追加
私たちが望むのは対症療法ではなく, 強力で効果的な不況対策としての減税です. - 研究社 新和英中辞典
In addition, the exact thickness of the material would have been an engineering expedient to one of ordinary skill in the art.発音を聞く 例文帳に追加
更に、材料の正確な厚さは発明時の当業者が適宜設計し得る事項(engineering expedient)にすぎない。 - 特許庁
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