expediencen. 1. speed,haste 迅速,急速。 △H.V.4.3.69: “TheFrench are bravely in their battles set,/ And willwith all expedience charge on us.”法國(guó)人已經(jīng)擺好了聲勢(shì)浩大的戰(zhàn)線,很快就要向我們進(jìn)攻了。 2. expedition,enterprise遠(yuǎn)征,(艱巨而帶冒險(xiǎn)性的)事業(yè)。dear expedience: urgent enterprise,highly importantexpedition緊急的事業(yè),非常重大的遠(yuǎn)征。 △1H. IV. 1. 1.32:“What yesternight our Council did decree /In for-warding this dear expedience.”為了促進(jìn)這項(xiàng)緊急的事業(yè)(又譯:這次重大的遠(yuǎn)征),我們的樞密院昨晚做出了什么決定。 expedience[iks?pi:dj?ns]=expediency[iks?pi:dj?nsi]n.權(quán)宜之計(jì),權(quán)術(shù) ‖ expedient adj. 權(quán)宜的,有利的 n. 權(quán)宜之計(jì) |