What does 便宜行事 in Chinese mean?

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The word 便宜行事 in Chinese means act as one sees fit, act at one's discretion. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word 便宜行事

act as one sees fit

act at one's discretion

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毫无疑问,要保证安全自然需要充分、可预知的资金,关于为工作人员的安全提供经费,不是什么可便宜行事的事:这既不是奢侈,也不是特权。

There can be no question that good security requires adequate and predictable funding. There should be nothing discretionary about the financing of staff security: it is neither a luxury nor a perk

信仰只是一種 便宜行事

Faith is a convenience.

毫无疑问,要保证安全自然需要充分、可预知的资金,关于为工作人员的安全提供经费,不是什么可便宜行事的事:这既不是奢侈,也不是特权。

There should be nothing discretionary about the financing of staff security: it is neither a luxury nor a perk.

这些新程序是便宜行事的程序,其中可能包括:向会员国发出通告,其中载有甄选的时限以及候选人应达到的标准;发布公告,其中列明对该职位的要求;由联合国高级官员组成的特设小组进行面试,确定最合格候选人入围短名单供秘书长考虑,以及在作出最后决定之前由秘书长本人与短名单所列候选人面谈。

These new procedures are discretionary, and may include: dispatching of a circular to Member States containing a timeline for the selection and criteria to be met by candidates; public advertisement, setting out the requirements for the position; interviews by an ad hoc panel composed of senior United Nations officials in order to establish a shortlist of best qualified candidates for consideration by the Secretary-General; and a final interview of the shortlisted candidates by the Secretary-General himself before the final decision.

总的来说,难民署发现一个明显的趋势,越来越多的国家正在逐渐放弃对难民保护采取以法律或权利为依据的方针,而偏向便宜行事或特别安排,更优先地考虑国内的关注而不是国际上的责任。

Overall, UNHCR detected a distinct trend in an increasing number of States to move gradually away from a law or rights-based approach to refugee protection, towards more discretionary and ad hoc arrangements that give greater primacy to domestic concerns rather than to international responsibilities.

汉密尔顿的逻辑对当今欧洲十分适用,但当初汉密尔顿之所以要追求健康财政,并不仅是为了便宜行事,而是有更深的理由。

While that logic certainly appeals to Europeans today, Hamilton insisted on a stronger reason for pursuing sound finance than merely the pursuit of expediency.

这两项规定所考虑的紧迫性理由应当是真正的非同寻常的理由,而不仅仅是为了便宜行事:这包括自然灾难之后需要紧急医疗用品或其他用品,或者需要替换一件已经无法正常工作的经常使用的设备。

The cases of urgency contemplated in both paragraphs are intended to be truly exceptional, and not merely cases of convenience: such as the need for urgent medical or other supplies after a natural disaster or the need to replace an item of equipment in regular use that has malfunctioned.

但是大会在同一决议中也留下了一些便宜行事的余地,让“各方案和基金的理事机构以此为基础,并根据大会和经济及社会理事会作出的有关决定,对其本身的筹资安排作出决定”(第12段)。

The Assembly, in the same resolution, however also left some discretionary room to the governing bodies of the funds and programmes to “take decisions on their own funding arrangements” (para. 12) in accordance with the decisions of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council.

在作出最后甄选决定时,必须考虑到秘书长拥有便宜行事和独立的权力。

The discretionary and independent authority of the Secretary-General to make the final selection decision needs to be taken into account.

奥巴马总统在亚洲推进了TPP,但知道最近才要求国会授予便宜行事谈判权(即要求国会进行投票表决并且不对方案进行修订)。

President Barack Obama has promoted the TPP in Asia, but he only recently asked Congress for fast-track negotiating authority (the ability to request an up-or-down congressional vote without amendments).

在这两种情形下所考虑的紧迫性理由应当是真正的非同寻常的理由,而不仅仅是为了便宜行事:这包括自然灾难之后需要紧急医疗用品或其他用品,或者需要替换一件已经无法正常工作的经常使用的设备。

The cases of urgency contemplated in both situations are intended to be truly exceptional, and not merely cases of convenience, and include the need for urgent medical or other supplies after a natural disaster or the need to replace an item of equipment in regular use that has malfunctioned.

党员当上工会干部后抵挡堕落的法宝,是与党保持密切的联系,在争夺职位的斗争中,依靠基层会员对阶级斗争原则的支持,而且不要"便宜行事"和"自作聪明 " — —不要在事关阶级斗争原则的问题上耍滑头,企图以此来混个官位,阶级斗争的原则也许不受欢迎,但每个共产党人都有义务遵守它。

The guarantee against corruption of party members who become officials is that they remain close to the party and that they base their fight for office on the support of the rank and file for the policy of the class struggle, and do not become too expedient and too "clever"—do not try to "sneak" into office by soft-pedalling and pussy-footing on questions of principle which may be unpopular, but which communists, nevertheless, are duty bound to stand for. A party of struggle

[113] 由于犯罪防治经费不足,导致公安机关过分仰赖刑讯逼供便宜行事,将其视为获取必要证据使罪犯受到起诉、定罪的最有效途径。

[113] This under-resourcing for crime control makes it expedient for the police to rely on torture, which they consider the most efficient means of obtaining the necessary evidence for criminal prosecutions and convictions.

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