| 释义 |
fa·cil·i·ty
\fəˈsiləd.ē, -ətē, -i\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle English facilite, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French facilité, from Latin facilitat-, facilitas, from facilis easy + -itat-, -itas -ity — more at facile
1. : the quality of being easily performed : freedom from difficulty : ease
2. : ease in performance : readiness proceeding from skill or use : dexterity
< practice gives a wonderful facility >
3.
a. : easiness to be persuaded : readiness, compliance, pliancy
b. Scots law : mental weakness, compliancy, or responsiveness to undue influence sufficient to justify curatorship or guardianship
4. archaic : easiness in manner : affability, graciousness
5.
a. : something that promotes the ease of any action, operation, transaction, or course of conduct — usually used in plural
< excellent facilities for graduate study >
b. : something (as a hospital, machinery, plumbing) that is built, constructed, installed, or established to perform some particular function or to serve or facilitate some particular end |