be fertile in expedients 会随机应变
temporary maintenance expedients 临时维修措施
seven expedients 七方便
in expedients 会随机应变
"was merciful only when mercy was expedient"
"in the circumstances it was expedient to express loyalty"
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N-COUNT An expedient is an action that achieves a particular purpose, but may not be morally right. 权宜之举
The curfew regulation is a temporary expedient made necessary by a sudden emergency.
宵禁令是应对突发事件时必要的临时权宜之举。
ADJ If it is expedient to do something, it is useful or convenient to do it, even though it may not be morally right. 权宜的
Governments frequently ignore human rights abuses in other countries if it is politically expedient to do so.
如果在政治上对自己有利，政府经常忽视其他国家侵犯人权的行为。
But if, as a nation, you can't manage this, you may be tempted to resort to artificial (and temporary) expedients.
如果心有余而力不足，一个国家可能禁不住诱惑，采取人为的(也是临时的)权宜之计。
Various other designs have been tried since, but all were seen as temporary expedients intended to tide a patient over until the real thing became available from a human donor.
此后出现了各种不同的设计，但都只是在病人获得捐赠者的真正心脏之前起过渡作用的暂时替代品。
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