单词 | facilitative |
释义 | facilitativeadj. That has or is characterized by a tendency to facilitate something; that makes something easier or assists in bringing about a particular end or result; helpful, accommodating; conducive. Also with of, to. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > [adjective] > making easy facilitating1659 facilitative1859 facilitatory1867 1859 S. M. Taylor Ess. Scheme Colonisation Wild Lands Brit. N. Amer. 19 In the absence of any system sufficiently facilitative of settlement, ‘squatting’ has been resorted to. 1864 Glasgow Citizen 19 Nov. Tolls are restrictive, and not facilitative. 1926 C. M. Grieve Contemp. Sc. Stud. 1st Ser. xi. 91 That would point to there being something in the existing system facilitative of English and inhibitive of Scottish poetical talent. 1950 J. A. Davis Regional Organization Social Security Admin. vii. 19 When an undertaking is organized into appropriate divisions of work, two kinds of functional divisions may be noted, those which are operating and those which are facilitative or auxiliary. 1987 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) (Nexis) 2 Aug. Some [interviewers] are very facilitative, they try to put you at ease..to get you talking and learn as much about you as they can... A personnel interviewer is more likely to use the facilitative style. 1998 Spread of AIDS in Developing World (U.S. Congr. House Comm. Internat. Relations) App. 93 An effective multilateral effort..provides the enabling policy and programme environments which are facilitative to the much more focussed approaches. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1859 |
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