facility

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The physical means or contrivances to make something (especially a public service) possible; the required equipment, infrastructure, location etc. countable,uncountable
    — Transport facilities in Bangkok are not sufficient to prevent frequent traffic collapses during rush hour.
  2. A building or campus specially designed for a specific purpose, such as incarceration, military use, or scientific experimentation. countable,uncountable
  3. The fact of being easy, or easily done; absence of difficulty; simplicity. countable,uncountable
    — Clytomachus affirmed, that he could never understand by the writings of Carneades, what opinion he was of. Why hath Epicurus interdicted facility unto his Sectaries?
  4. Dexterity of speech or action; skill, talent. countable,uncountable
    — The facility she shows in playing the violin is unrivalled.
  5. Clipping of credit facility. abbreviation,alt-of,clipping,countable,uncountable
  6. A toilet. Canada,US,countable,in-plural,uncountable
  7. A condition of mental weakness less than idiocy, but enough to make a person easily persuaded to do something against their better interest. countable,uncountable
  8. Affability. countable,dated,uncountable

词形变化

facilities plural

词汇关系

衍生词
correctional facility cryofacility dining facility facility maintenance facility management facility time facility trip infacility interfacility materials recovery facility multifacility N-facility nonfacility

词源

From Middle English facilite, from Middle French facilité, and its source, Latin facilitās. By surface analysis, facile + -ity. Doublet of faculty.
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