expedient | (adj) ที่ให้ผลประโยชน์, See also: ได้เปรียบ, ได้ประโยชน์, Syn. advantageous, helpful, useful | expedient | (n) วิธีที่ทำให้ประสบความสำเร็จอย่างรวดเร็ว, Syn. expediency | expedient | (adj) เหมาะสม, See also: สะดวก, Syn. advisable, appropriate, desirable |
| expedient | (อิคซฺพี'เดียนทฺ) adj. สะดวก, ได้เปรียบ, ง่าย, เหมาะสม, เป็นวิธีฉุกเฉิน, ได้ประโยชน์. n. วิธีสะดวก, วิธีที่เหมาะสม, วิธีเฉพาะกาล, วิธีฉุกเฉิน. | inexpedient | (อินอิคซพี'เดียนทฺ) adj. ไม่เหมาะสม, ไม่สะดวก, ไม่ฉลาด, ไม่สมควร., See also: inexpedience, inexpediency n., Syn. impractical |
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| expedient | (adj) เหมาะสม, สะดวก, ง่าย, ได้เปรียบ, เป็นประโยชน์ | expedient | (n) วิธีฉุกเฉิน, วิธีเฉพาะกาล, วิธีสะดวก | inexpedient | (adj) ไม่เหมาะ, ไม่สะดวกสบาย, ไม่สมควร |
| | | | | Expedient | pos>a. [ L. expediens, -entis, p. pr. of expedire to be expedient, release, extricate: cf. F. expédient. See Expedite. ] 1. Hastening or forward; hence, tending to further or promote a proposed object; fit or proper under the circumstances; conducive to self-interest; desirable; advisable; advantageous; -- sometimes contradistinguished from right or principled. [ 1913 Webster ] It is expedient for you that I go away. John xvi. 7. [ 1913 Webster ] Nothing but the right can ever be expedient, since that can never be true expediency which would sacrifice a greater good to a less. Whately. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Quick; expeditious. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] His marches are expedient to this town. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] | Expedient | n. 1. That which serves to promote or advance; suitable means to accomplish an end. [ 1913 Webster ] What sure expedient than shall Juno find, To calm her fears and ease her boding mind? Philips. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Means devised in an exigency; shift. Syn. -- Shift; contrivance; resource; substitute. [ 1913 Webster ] | Expediential | Governed by expediency; seeking advantage; as an expediential policy. “Calculating, expediential understanding.” Hare. -- Ex*pe`di*en"tial*ly , adv. Fitzed. Hall [1913 Webster] | Expediently | pos>adv. 1. In an expedient manner; fitly; suitably; conveniently. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. With expedition; quickly. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| | | 一時凌ぎ | [いちじしのぎ, ichijishinogi] (n) makeshift; temporary expedient; stopgap measure [Add to Longdo] | 仮の親 | [かりのおや, karinooya] (n) foster parent; expedient parent [Add to Longdo] | 窮策 | [きゅうさく, kyuusaku] (n) desperate measure; expedient of last resort [Add to Longdo] | 好都合 | [こうつごう, koutsugou] (adj-na, n) convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience; (P) [Add to Longdo] | 合従連衡 | [がっしょうれんこう, gasshourenkou] (n) (See 合従, 連衡) alliance (of the Six Kingdoms against the Qin dynasty, and of individual Kingdoms with the Qin dynasty); (tactic of) making & breaking alliances (to benefit oneself as the occasion demands); resorting to alliances as a diplomatic expedient [Add to Longdo] | 捷径 | [しょうけい, shoukei] (n) shortcut; expedient [Add to Longdo] | 当座逃れ | [とざのがれ, tozanogare] (n) temporary expedient [Add to Longdo] | 便宜的 | [べんぎてき, bengiteki] (adj-na) convenient; expedient; makeshift [Add to Longdo] | 便法 | [べんぽう, benpou] (n) handy method; shortcut; expedient [Add to Longdo] | 方便 | [ほうべん, houben] (n) (1) expedient; means; instrument; (2) { Buddh } upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching) [Add to Longdo] |
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