ad hockery
noun [ U ] (also ad hocery) uk/ˌæd ˈhɒk.ər.i/ us/ˌæd ˈhɑː.kɚ.i/
采取临时对策;作出特别决定
the practice of reacting to what happens or is needed at a particular time, rather than planning in a way that suits all possible situations
The government cannot continue to get away with ad hockery in response to local transport needs. 面对当地的交通需求，市政会采取临时对策的做法不再行得通。
Synonym: ad hocism
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- The resulting ad hockery - letting one bank collapse, while hastily orchestrating a bailout of another - did prevent a depression.
- They may end up facing the charge of arbitrariness or ad hocery.
- A book of this sort - that picks through Plato and Aristotle, Montaigne and Hume - risks losing any narrative thread to ad hockery.