facile

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈfæs.aɪl/    美 /ˈfæs.əl/|[ˈfæs.ɫ̩]

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Easy; contemptibly easy. derogatory,usually
    — […] as he that is benummed with cold, sits still shaking, that might relieve himselfe with a little exercise or stirring, doe they complaine, but will not use the facile and ready meanes to doe themselves good; […]
  2. Amiable, flexible, easy to get along with. archaic
    — His facile disposition made him many friends.
  3. Effortless, fluent (of work, abilities etc.).
    — Her writing was facile and articulate.
  4. Lazy, simplistic, superficial (especially of explanations, discussions etc.).
    — He arrived with a facile understanding of her works.
  5. Of a reaction or other process, taking place readily.
    — Decarboxylation of beta-keto acids is facile.

词形变化

more facile comparative most facile superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
facilely facileness facilization facilize overfacile unfacile
相关词
difficulty facilitate facilitation facilitative facilitator facilitatory facility

词源

Borrowed from Middle French facile, from Latin facilis (“easy to do, easy, doable”), from Latin facere (“to do, make”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to do, put”) Compare Spanish and Portuguese fácil (“easy”), Catalan fàcil, Romanian facil. First use appears c. 1484 in a translation by William Caxton.
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