权宜之计 meaning in Chinese
a matter [measure] of expediency; an improvised makeshift; a temporary expedient; expedient measure; stop-gap measure; temporizing measures
Examples
- They resorted to various expedients to get the money together .
他们采取各种权宜之计筹款。 - There will always be tensions between principle and expediency .
原则和权宜之计之间总是矛盾重重。 - At its best this is only a half satisfactory expedient .
这种办法充其量只能作为不完全令人满意的权宜之计。 - The land sales were merely a temporary expedient for dealing with an immediate need .
出售土地是一应急的权宜之计。 - Mrs. fisher was full of indirect expedients for enabling her poor friends to earn a living .
费雪太太心中装满了使穷朋友们得以维生的各式各样的权宜之计。