expedience

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The quality of being fit or suitable to cause some desired end or the purpose intended; propriety or advisability under the particular circumstances of a case. uncountable
    — April 11 1690, John Sharp, sermon preached at White-Hall to determine concerning the expedience of actions
  2. Speed, haste or urgency. countable,uncountable
    — making hither with all due expedience
  3. Something that is expedient. countable,uncountable
  4. An expedition; enterprise; adventure. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — forwarding this dear expedience

词形变化

expediences plural

词源

From Middle English expedience, from Old French expedience, from Late Latin expedientia, from Latin expediens.
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