权宜之计

I cut my purchases dramatically by the simple expedient of destroying my credit cards.

通过销毁信用卡这一简单的权宜之计，我大幅削减了自己的购物支出。

This was a matter less of morals than of expediency.

此举只是权宜之计，不关乎道德问题。

Asia-Europe cooperation is by no means an expedient measure.

亚欧合作全然不是一种权宜之计.

The loan was a palliative, not a cure, for ever-increasing financial troubles.

对于越来越多的财政问题，贷款只是权宜之计，不是解决方法。

It seems political expedi-ency, rather than absolute economic need, will determine who gains from the conflict.

看来是政治上的权宜之计，而不是绝对的经济需求，将决定谁会从这场冲突中获益。

The accommodation for the press was makeshift at best.

迁就新闻界充其量只是个权宜之计.

We need long-term solutions, not short-term Band-Aid ones.

我们需要长期的解决办法，而不是一时的权宜之计。

Many of those changes could just be a temporary fix.

那些变革中可能有很多只是权宜之计。

Income controls were used only as a short-term expedient.

采用控制收入的办法只是作为一时的权宜之计.

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.

There will always be tensions between principle and expediency.

原则和权宜之计之间总是矛盾重重.

The arrangement was only intended as a stopgap.

这种安排不过是权宜之计而已。

It was expedient to retire gracefully.

体面的让步可算是权宜之计.

As a temporary shift, he covered up the leak with a plastic bag.

作为权宜之计, 他用塑料袋把漏洞给包上了.

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.