单词 | convenience |
释义 | convenience (kənviːniəns ) Word forms: conveniences 1. uncountable noun [with poss] B2 If something is done for your convenience, it is done in a way that is useful or suitable for you. He was happy to make a detour for her convenience. ...the need to put the rights of citizens above the convenience of elected officials. [+ of] at sb's convenience phrase If something is arranged to happen at your convenience, it happens at a time which is most suitable for you. [formal] Delivery times are arranged at your convenience. 2. countable noun If you describe something as a convenience, you mean that it is very useful. Mail order is a convenience for buyers who are too busy to shop. 3. countable noun [usually plural] Conveniences are pieces of equipment designed to make your life easier. ...21st-century conveniences such as a bathroom for each of its two bedrooms. ...an apartment with all the modern conveniences. 4. countable noun A public convenience is a building containing toilets which is provided in a public place for anyone to use. [British, formal] ...the cubicles of a public convenience. 5. See also convenient Collocations: convenience meal People aged 18 to 24 are seven times more likely to eat convenience meals. The Sun Customers spend more than 30billion a year on the convenience meals. The Sun The circumstance of everybody working, with no time to spare; of a change in when we eat our meals; and the superfluity of extraordinarily cheap convenience meals. Times, Sunday Times Consumers are turning to convenience shopping as they struggle to find the time to trawl around supermarkets with a trolley. Times, Sunday Times It might be just good-value convenience shopping. Times, Sunday Times As household incomes rise, he adds, people will also demand more meat and convenience shopping through supermarkets, and they will eat out more. Times, Sunday Times The trade association said that this had been driven by a resurgence in convenience shopping, as bigger weekly shops are increasingly conducted online. Times, Sunday Times The fused grid anticipates the location of convenience shopping and amenities at the periphery of the four-quadrant neighbourhood. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They'll both enjoy the convenience of living close to work as well. Globe and Mail Challenged by hardship, they did enjoy the convenience of homing pigeons that delivered messages to the mainland in 45 minutes, while mail took 10 days. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Not having moved, they enjoy the convenience of keeping the same address, telephone number, and utility accounts, as well as avoid the cost of purchasing new land. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Students enjoyed the convenience of frequenting one studio for diversified training rather than traveling throughout the city. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Crucially, though, we don't want to compromise standards just for the sake of convenience. Times, Sunday Times So far, breaches occurred for the sake of convenience, expediency or to ensure slick programme content. Times, Sunday Times Taste was sometimes compromised for the sake of convenience. Times, Sunday Times However, he conceded that helicopters should be used only to 'increase the amount of productivity during the working day and not just for the sake of convenience'. Times, Sunday Times They may well find that patients will take their chances for the sake of convenience. Times, Sunday Times Wet wipes may seem like a modern convenience but 30 metres underground they are anything but. Times, Sunday Times The building included all modern convenience including electric lights, telephone services, elevators, restrooms, fitting rooms, and luxury duplex escalators. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The hotel opened with every possible modern convenience, including a telephone and circulating ice water in all guest rooms. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Every modern convenience and appliance, together with furnishings of the finest quality, are within its walls. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This modern convenience eliminated the ever popular potbelly stove ever so present and common in railroad stations across the country. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I prefer the convenience of a gradual self-tanning moisturiser to a spray tan. The Sun Reading habits are changing rapidly, boosting the sale of digital books as people increasingly prefer the convenience of an e-reader to the weight and texture of a printed book. Times, Sunday Times Parents put it off because they preferred the convenience of the disposable to a few weeks of 'accidents'. Times, Sunday Times Those who could not fly preferred the convenience of automobiles over trains that never seemed to arrive or leave on time. Globe and Mail Manufacturers began to use key fobs in the 1980s, claiming customers preferred the convenience of a 'blipper' that could lock and unlock doors by remote control. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 方便, 便利设施 Japanese: 便宜, 便利 |
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