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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -expedient-, *expedient*
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English-Thai: NECTEC's Lexitron-2 Dictionary [with local updates]
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

English-Thai: HOPE Dictionary [with local updates]
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

English-Thai: Nontri Dictionary
expedient(adj) เหมาะสม, สะดวก, ง่าย, ได้เปรียบ, เป็นประโยชน์
expedient(n) วิธีฉุกเฉิน, วิธีเฉพาะกาล, วิธีสะดวก
inexpedient(adj) ไม่เหมาะ, ไม่สะดวกสบาย, ไม่สมควร

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A Beresford maid is expedient.A Beresford maid is expedient. Maid in Manhattan (2002)
collins, a Iot of mothers' sons have been sacrificed to expediency around here;ต้องสูญเสียลูกชายให้กับพวกนี้ Changeling (2008)
Well, that was expedient.that was expedient. I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009)
Take direct, expedient action.เราต้องปล่อยหมัดตรงและเร็ว Public Enemies (2009)
I'm willing to... but it'll be more expedient if you hand me the communicator in my pocket... and I call off my men.ฉันจะตอบ.. ..แต่ช่วยหยิบวิทยุสื่อสารออกมา.. ..ให้ฉันสั่งคนของฉันก่อน Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010)

Thai-English-French: Volubilis Dictionary 1.0
รัดกุม[ratkum] (v) EN: be circumspect ; be cautious ; be watertight ; be concise ; be expedient
สะดวก[sadūak] (adj) EN: easy ; convenient ; handy ; smooth ; comfortable ; expedient  FR: commode ; pratique ; confortable ; convenable
สะดวก[sadūak] (adv) EN: conveniently ; comfortably ; smoothly ; expediently ; easily

CMU English Pronouncing Dictionary Dictionary [with local updates]
expedient

Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary (pronunciation guide only)
expedient
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WordNet (3.0)
expedient(n) a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one
expedient(adj) serving to promote your interest, Ant. inexpedient
expedient(adj) appropriate to a purpose; practical
expediently(adv) in an expedient manner, Syn. inadvisably, Ant. inexpediently

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
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 ]

Chinese-English: CC-CEDICT Dictionary
权宜[quán yí, ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄧˊ, 权 宜 / 權 宜] expedient #86,235 [Add to Longdo]

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary
zweckmäßig { adj } | zweckmäßiger | am zweckmäßigstenexpedient | more expedient | most expedient [Add to Longdo]

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary
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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