The disease was controlled by the simple expedient of not allowing anyone to leave the city.通过禁止任何人出城的简单应急办法使疾病得到了控制。It was expedient to retire gracefully.体面的让步可算是权宜之计.Do whatever is expedient.权宜处置,怎么方便就怎么办....
The story was a temporary expedient.这个借口是临时的应急之法。Surgical waiting lists were reduced by the simple expedient of striking off all patients awaiting varicose vein operations...采取了将所有等待进行静脉曲张手术的病人从名单上删除的简单做法，这一权宜之计使得外科手术等待名...
有人举报说他们正在从满满当当的卡车上卸洗劫来的家具。They were reported to be unloading trucks filled with looted furniture.虐待儿童案件常常没人举报，或者为缺乏相关知识的公民所忽略。Cases of child abuse often go unreported or ignored by uninformed citizens.向警方举报某人将获重赏。There w...