| 单词 | convenient |
| 释义 | convenient (kənviːniənt ) 1. adjective B1+ If a way of doing something is convenient, it is easy, or very useful or suitable for a particular purpose. ...a flexible and convenient way of paying for business expenses. The family thought it was more convenient to eat in the kitchen. Synonyms: suitable, fitting, fit, handy convenience uncountable noun B2 They may use a credit card for convenience. ...the convenience of a fast non-stop flight. Synonyms: benefit, good, interest, advantage Synonyms: suitability, fitness, appropriateness, opportuneness Synonyms: usefulness, utility, serviceability, handiness Synonyms: accessibility, availability, nearness, handiness Synonyms: appliance, facility, comfort, amenity conveniently adverb [usually ADVERB with verb] B2 The body spray slips conveniently into your sports bag for freshening up after a game. 2. adjective B2 If you describe a place as convenient, you are pleased because it is near to where you are, or because you can reach another place from there quickly and easily. [approval] The town is well placed for easy access to London and convenient for Heathrow Airport. [+ for] Martin drove along until he found a convenient parking place. Synonyms: nearby, available, accessible, handy conveniently adverb [usually ADVERB adjective/-ed, oft ADVERB after verb] B2 It was very conveniently situated just across the road from the City Reference Library. He chose Simi Valley in Ventura County mainly because it was conveniently close to Los Angeles. ...two conveniently placed push-buttons. 3. adjective B2 A convenient time to do something, for example to meet someone, is a time when you are free to do it or would like to do it. She will try to arrange a mutually convenient time and place for an interview. Would this evening be convenient for you? [+ for] Synonyms: appropriate, timely, suited, suitable 4. adjective If you describe someone's attitudes or actions as convenient, you think they are only adopting those attitudes or performing those actions in order to avoid something difficult or unpleasant. [disapproval] We cannot make this minority a convenient excuse to turn our backs. ...a convenient scapegoat. It does seem a bit convenient, doesn't it? conveniently adverb They've conveniently forgotten the risk of heart disease. Conveniently, he had developed amnesia about that part of his life. Collocations: convenient alternative Smaller societies may be finding it harder to recruit talented staff, and a merger can be a convenient alternative to appointing a new chief executive. Times, Sunday Times The cereal bars have become popular as a convenient alternative to breakfast. Times, Sunday Times The stagecoach line offered a convenient alternative for travellers between the two towns and connected the villages along the way twice a week. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The introduction of pantyhose in 1959 provided a convenient alternative to stockings, and the use of stockings declined dramatically. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They are a safer, less expensive, and more convenient alternative to tanks of cryogenic oxygen or pressurised cylinders. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But his work in the 70s and 80s was a 'convenient cover story'. The Sun Her surgery has recently been burgled, providing a convenient cover story to tell the police. Times, Sunday Times Critics said that the legal trade created has spawned an underground market by providing convenient cover. Times, Sunday Times There was a constant need for weather information, but weather flights were also a convenient cover for the more covert missions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Our leaders have been telling us a convenient fiction. Houston Chronicle This stasis belies a convenient fiction, however. The Times Literary Supplement Many will dismiss that as a convenient fiction. Times, Sunday Times Frequently they were not even acquainted with the lawyers with whom, by a convenient fiction, they were supposed to be studying. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We see them always finding a way to counter uncomfortable facts with convenient fictions. Times, Sunday Times That was not a reason for saying that a statutory appeal was not an effective and convenient form of redress against a public body such as the commission. Times, Sunday Times Even with a premium paid for oil being in a more convenient form than gas, that puts the likely future price of oil at a fraction of current expectations. Times, Sunday Times Every tensor quantity can be expressed in terms of a frame field, in particular, the metric tensor takes on a particularly convenient form. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These are often meant to present known information in a convenient form with no claim to originality. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They are costly in comparison to matatus and buses but are a safer and more convenient form of transport. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The compound has, however, been widely used for decades as a safe and convenient means to inflate weather balloons. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These articles happened to be the basic necessities of life and were a convenient means of exploitation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The bank also offers telephone banking and electronic banking services as a fast and convenient means to serve individual and corporate clients respectively. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Lexicon supported operations with linear and rectangular blocks; it also had convenient means for drawing tables with box drawing characters. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The rickshaws were a convenient means of travel, able to traverse winding, narrow city streets. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Microwave-assisted dehydration could someday offer these patients a cheaper, more convenient option. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 That's why a daily omega-3 supplement offers such a convenient option. Times, Sunday Times Official advice urges employers to make e-cigs a 'more convenient option' to encourage workers to give up cigs. The Sun Smartphone viewing as a proportion of total viewing on online devices was highest between 1am and 5am, suggesting that it was the most convenient option for people in bed. Times, Sunday Times The government body issued new official advice for employers to make vaping the 'more convenient option' in the hope of persuading more people to give up tobacco. Times, Sunday Times A convenient parking place was a status symbol, and he couldn't believe parking privileges were the frontal issue for a lot of his coworkers. Christianity Today This leaves the most convenient parking for visitors. Christianity Today Buzzing about in her mobility scooter, she gets all the best seats at concerts and convenient parking at the shops. Times, Sunday Times That most racecourses offer free and convenient parking should also be underscored. Times, Sunday Times Convenient parking may be limited. Times, Sunday Times As well as being a convenient place to round off the series, it also has the advantage of showing them all at their best. Times, Sunday Times Drivers will instead offer to unload customers' shopping in a convenient place, it said. The Sun Undertrained staff members, using a ledge in the car's design as a convenient place to stand between runs. The Times Literary Supplement In these situations, a high street shop becomes a convenient place for customers to pick up their purchases. Times, Sunday Times Out into the world, seeking pals, and my friends just happened, at parties - in the most convenient place possible, by the bar. Times, Sunday Times Alkylation of -siloxy products provides a convenient route to otherwise difficult to access -alkoxy phosphorus compounds. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It now meant that coal could be transported by the most convenient route which led to the inevitable rationalization of the wagon ways and subsequent closure of various sections. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The cycling network may be able to provide the users with direct, convenient routes minimizing unnecessary delay and effort in reaching their destinations. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They provide good coverage of smaller residential streets and have convenient routes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Critics said fast-tracking him disrupted team unity, although supporters said he was a convenient scapegoat. Times,Sunday Times But there have also been times when he has been a convenient scapegoat for a club which has lost its way. The Sun By personalising the moral breakdown of a sporting culture, we have been handed a convenient scapegoat, together with an exquisitely facile explanation. Times, Sunday Times The 'algos', similarly, make a convenient scapegoat for recent volatility. Times, Sunday Times The scientist has always been a convenient scapegoat for those who don't want to accept the reality. Globe and Mail Pensions should not be treated as a convenient source of revenue by ministers who have been reckless enough to limit themselves on other options. Times,Sunday Times Other people - not the sort you would invite into your home - also use pawnbrokers and internet auction sites as convenient sources of cash. Times, Sunday Times In contrast, the latter involves extracting data from a variety of less convenient sources, although in some cases it may also involve identifying or leveraging useful patterns. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This takes only a couple of hours, and we arrive in a convenient spot outside the elegant 1920s railway station. Times,Sunday Times So, there you have it: a small but pleasant bungalow in a peaceful and convenient spot. Times, Sunday Times But it was not a convenient spot from which to leave. Times, Sunday Times The most convenient spots to do this are an airport shop or department store. Times, Sunday Times Accordingly, small depots were built at convenient spots in the city and its suburbs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 If so, all of these will need convenient storage in your new kitchen. Times, Sunday Times The convenient storage of petroleum fuels combined with its low cost has led to an unrivaled success. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The dry feed pellets are stable for relatively long periods, for convenient storage and distribution. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When finished, the water and air can be let out and this type of pool can be folded up for convenient storage. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The most convenient tool available for mowing your lawn. Times, Sunday Times Will governments relinquish such a convenient tool of control once this crisis has ebbed? The Times Literary Supplement Many-sorted structures are often used as a convenient tool even when they could be avoided with a little effort. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The simple form of this algorithmic trader allows it to serve as a convenient tool to explore and identify properties that can be attributed to various kinds of market institutions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A game between two groups of 11 chaps has become a proxy for the ills of society and a convenient vehicle for a nation's moral navel-gazing. Times, Sunday Times To such writers the poetical form was merely a convenient vehicle for the exposition of the arts and sciences. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The minor characters are well drawn and fill out her life convincingly, as well as providing some convenient vehicles for moving on the plot. The Times Literary Supplement She recommends alcohol-free days as a convenient way to cut down. Times, Sunday Times (2016) These can be a fun and convenient way to squeeze exercise into your day. The Sun (2006) Pens are popular because they are a convenient way of carrying and injecting insulin. Diabetes (1989) The most convenient way is to put a story on tape that can then be listened to at home. Alternative Health Care for Children (1989) Then there is the avalanche of blogs, file-sharing sites and downloads that are the most rapid and convenient way for fashionable young things to discover new music. Times, Sunday Times (2010) All that had to be agreed with the disciplinary panel was a mutually convenient date for release of the judgment. The Sun Nothing turns off a buyer quite as much as struggling to find a mutually convenient time. Times, Sunday Times Decoupling leave from the funding of parental time off would leave employers and employees freer to find mutually convenient solutions and to plan ahead. Times, Sunday Times The internet matches workers with customers at a mutually convenient time and place. Times, Sunday Times Choose a tutor based on their qualifications and positive feedback from students, then arrange a mutually convenient time to have your lessons. Times, Sunday Times Who knows when you see the pair combine to produce such a politically convenient get-out-of-jail-free card for the chancellor? Times, Sunday Times Perhaps it would have been politically convenient to do so but it would have been a poor precedent. Times,Sunday Times And they should not be admonished or silenced if their views are not politically convenient. Times, Sunday Times Markets expect any supposedly binding fiscal rule to be broken when it's politically convenient. Times, Sunday Times He thus felt that scientific writing offered him a politically convenient way to express himself. The Times Literary Supplement Translations: Chinese: 方便的 Japanese: 都合のよい |
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