The facilities are at the end of the corridor. He had a great facility for writing. He had great facility with words. She handled the crisis with facility.
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English facilite "gentleness," borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French facilité "quality of being easily performed," borrowed from Latin facilitāt-, facilitās, from facilis "easy, facile" + -itāt-, -itās-ity
1(usually facilities) buildings/services/equipment建築;服務;設備ADJECTIVE | VERB + FACILITY | FACILITY + VERB | FACILITY + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤excellent, first-class, good極好的/一流的/良好的設施▸➤adequate, appropriate, proper, suitable充足的/合適的/適當的/相稱的設施▸➤inadequate, poor (especially BrE) 設施不足/不佳▸➤basic, limited基本設施;有限的設施◇a hotel with only basic facilities僅有基本設施的旅館➤modern, state-of-the-art, up-to-date現代化的/最先進的/最新式的設施▸➤extensive佔地面積大的設施▸➤extra (especially BrE) 附屬設施▸➤available, existing可用的/現有的設施◇We are looking to upgrade the existing facilities.我們正考慮改善現有的設施。➤essential, necessary必要的設施◇to improve access to essential facilities改善必要設施的使用條件➤community, local社區/地方設施◇hospitals, schools and other major community facilities醫院、學校及其他主要的社區設施➤communal, shared公共/共用設施◇The communal facilities were in a bad state.這些公共設施的狀況很糟糕。➤public公用設施▸➤disabled (BrE) 殘疾人使用的設施◇The stadium was criticized for its lack of disabled facilities.那家體育館因缺少殘疾人專用設施而受到批評。➤conference會議設施▸➤airport, hotel機場/賓館設施▸➤bar (BrE) 酒吧設施➤leisure, recreational, social (especially BrE) 休閒設施;娛樂設施;社交場所➤sporting, sports體育設施➤play (especially BrE) 遊戲設施▸➤transport, transportation, travel (especially BrE) 交通/運輸/旅行設施▸➤parking停車設施▸➤shopping (especially BrE) 購物設施▸➤➤dining就餐設施➤catering, cooking, kitchen (especially BrE) 餐飲設施;炊事設備;廚房設備▸➤baby-changing, bathroom, laundry, sanitary, shower, toilet, washing (especially BrE) 嬰兒尿布更換/洗浴/洗衣/衞生/淋浴/衞生間/洗滌設施▸➤en suite, private卧室配套設備;私用設施◇All bedrooms offer private facilities (= a private bathroom).所有卧室都有單獨的浴室。➤health, health-care, hospital, medical健康/保健/醫院/醫療設施▸➤childcare, crèche, day-care, nursery (especially BrE) 兒童保育設施;日託託兒所設施;託兒所設施▸➤educational, training教育/培訓設施▸➤library, research圖書館/研究設施▸➤laboratory實驗室設施VERB + FACILITY➤have, offer, provide有設施;提供設施▸➤improve, upgrade改善設施▸➤make use of, use利用/使用設施◇I made full use of the computing facilities.我充分利用了計算設備。FACILITY + VERB➤be available, exist設施現有/存在▸➤include sth設施包括⋯◇Facilities include a large indoor pool, jacuzzi and sauna.設施包括一個大型室內游泳池、按摩浴缸和桑拿房。FACILITY + NOUN➤management, manager設施的管理;設施管理人PREPOSITION➤facility for為⋯的設施◇The school has no facilities for the teaching of music.這所學校沒有音樂教學設施。◇The hotel provides excellent facilities for children.這家旅館的兒童設施十分完善。PHRASES➤a range of facilities一系列設施facility
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2 (especially NAmE) a building used for a particular activity供某種特殊活動用的建築物ADJECTIVE | VERB + FACILITY | FACILITY + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤large大型場所➤50 000-square-foot, etc. * 50,000 平方英尺等的場所▸➤modern, state-of-the-art現代化的/最先進的建築物➤purpose-built (BrE) 特定用途的場所➤new新建的建築物▸➤existing現有的建築物◇plans to renovate an existing facility現有場所的整修計劃➤permanent, temporary永久的/暫時的場所◇a temporary storage facility for blood samples暫時存放血液樣本的場所➤long-term長期的建築◇residents of long-term care facilities生活在長期護理機構中的人們➤federal, local, state聯邦政府的/當地的/州的機構◇prisoners in state and federal facilities關押在州與聯邦監獄中的犯人➤community, public社區場所;公共機構➤private私人場所➤commercial, industrial商業/工業機構➤maintenance, manufacturing, processing, production, storage, testing, transport, ... treatment保養/生產/加工/製造/貯存/測試/運輸/⋯處理場所◇a water treatment facility水處理廠➤correctional, detention管教所;拘留所◇He spent 90 days at the county's local correctional facility.他在那個縣的地方管教所裏待了 90 天。➤military軍事場所➤weapons兵工廠➤chemical, nuclear化工廠;核工廠▸➤health, health-care, hospital, medical健康機構;保健場所;醫院大樓;醫療機構◇a mental health facility一家心理衞生醫院➤➤dining就餐場所➤childcare, day-care兒童保育園;日託託兒所▸➤educational, training教育/培訓機構➤fitness, sports健身房;運動場所▸➤practice練習場地◇She trains with the team at their practice facility.她和球隊在練習場地上訓練。➤research研究機構▸➤lab (informal) , laboratory實驗室大樓▸➤communication, communications通信大樓VERB + FACILITY➤design設計建築物➤build, construct建築/建造大樓➤expand擴展建築物➤open開放⋯場所◇The company expects to open its facility by late September.預計這家公司將在 9 月底前將其大樓對外開放。➤use使用⋯場所◇The old facility is now used for storage of dry products.這座舊廠房現在用來存放乾燥的產品。➤manage, operate管理/經營⋯場所➤maintain維護⋯場所➤lease, rent租賃/出租⋯場所➤tour, visit遊覽/參觀⋯場所◇A doctor visited the facility and found deplorable conditions.一位醫生參觀了該場所,發現條件很糟糕。FACILITY + VERB➤be located⋯場所位於⋯◇a production facility located in New Mexico設在新墨西哥的廠房➤house建築物中存放⋯◇The 100 000 square-foot facility houses labs for NASA's research.這座 100,000 平方英尺的大樓裏有美國航空航天局的研究實驗室。PREPOSITION➤facility for用作⋯的場所◇a new facility for military training一個新的軍事訓練場所facility
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3special feature of a machine/service特別裝置;服務特色ADJECTIVE | VERB + FACILITY | FACILITY + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤central中央服務設施◇The archive offers a central facility for cataloguing and indexing data.檔案館提供編製數據目錄和索引的集中服務。➤backup備用設施◇The report warns that there are no backup facilities if the reprocessing plant breaks down.報告警告說如果後處理工廠垮掉,就沒有備用設施了。➤support支援服務◇training and other support facilities培訓及其他支援服務➤special獨特性能▸➤useful有用的性能➤technical技術性能▸➤credit, loan, overdraft (BrE) 信貸/貸款/透支服務◇a bank account with an overdraft facility提供透支服務的銀行賬戶➤editing, help, mail, search (allcomputing計算機) 編輯/幫助/電郵/搜索工具VERB + FACILITY➤have, offer, provide有裝置;提供裝置▸➤use使用裝置FACILITY + VERB➤allow sth, allow for sth功能允許⋯;功能考慮到⋯◇The software's 'list' facility allows users to compile their own list.該軟件的“列單”功能可使用戶編輯自己的目錄。PREPOSITION➤facility for⋯的功能◇The device has a facility for storing any sound you like.這個裝置有一個功能,可以保存你喜歡的任何聲音。facility
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4natural ability天賦ADJECTIVE | VERB + FACILITY | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤amazing, great令人驚異的/了不起的天分VERB + FACILITY➤have有天資▸➤show表現出天賦PREPOSITION➤with facility有天分◇He played with great facility.他表現出很高的天分。➤facility for⋯的天分◇She showed an amazing facility for mind-reading.她表現出能看透他人心思的驚人天賦。