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单词 facility
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Definition of facility in English:

facility

nounPlural facilities fəˈsɪlɪtifəˈsɪlədi
  • 1A place, amenity, or piece of equipment provided for a particular purpose.

    cooking facilities

    烹饪器具。

    facilities for car parking

    野餐和停车场所。

    a manufacturing facility

    制造中心。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He added that he would like to see amenity facilities provided in the Barnaderg area.
    • Accommodation and dining facilities offer quality, are well managed, and run efficiently.
    • And the companies are investing heavily in liquefied natural gas facilities in the area.
    • We had excellent cooking facilities at the station having been given a whole room to ourselves.
    • Today, there are no less than three designated student accommodation facilities in town.
    • I am sick to death of the lack of proper shopping facilities in this town.
    • She confirmed there would be no public bar or restaurant and facilities would be for hotel guests only.
    • Zuma said local government could also provide recreational facilities for children, especially after school hours.
    • Other measures include working with offenders to change their behaviour and working with communities to improve leisure facilities for youngsters.
    • Car parking, banking facilities and a wider variety of shops are among the hopes for the future of the town.
    • Also being provided are a playground and a kick around area for children as well as car parking facilities.
    • There are also disabled toilets at the Washburn Valley reservoir, as well as car parking and picnic facilities.
    • Clean water and adequate sanitary facilities are lacking, producing widespread illness, particularly among children.
    • As well as a second operating theatre, the unit needs more ward space and more facilities to hold clinics and carry out research.
    • It was indicated that if Skipton was to survive as a vibrant market town in the future the car parking facilities needed to change.
    • All dental work was done by a well-known dental clinic with modern equipment and facilities.
    • The facilities on the site allow 85 % of current container volumes to be handled.
    • Lack of car parking facilities continues to be one of the most contentious issues in the town.
    • Passengers would have a choice of airlines, terminal facilities and car parks.
    • Many furniture removal companies operate secure storage facilities on a weekly rental basis, which could be a short-term solution.
    Synonyms
    provision, space, means, solution, potential, prerequisite, equipment
    amenity, resource, service, advantage, convenience, benefit
    establishment, centre, installation, place, depot, station, location, premises, site, post, base, camp
    informal joint, outfit, set-up
    1. 1.1 A special feature of a service or machine, which offers the opportunity to do or benefit from something.
      (某组织机构提供的)服务(项目);(设备的)特殊功能(或用途)
      an overdraft facility

      (银行账户的)透支服务。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The developer will also offer a full facilities management service.
      • Owning and making use of a domain name is not very expensive, all internet service providers offer the facility.
      • The school is unable to offer a pull-in facility and there were only four public bays in the street.
      • Part of that process will require it to offer such facilities as a next-day repair service and prompt attention.
      • The site also offers a CD-burning facility at £3 per song.
      • Later this year we'll launch a facility offering flexible benefits, so that our client's employees can optimise the package their employer provides in line with their lifestyles.
      • Bank of Ireland claimed that it is the first time any bank in Ireland has offered an overdraft facility through its ATM network.
      • They can now avail the studio facilities offered by the Akademi at the Durbar Hall Art Centre in the city.
      • Well, the overdraft facility was there to service a loan and that was still being utilised each month and at the same time the sons were paying the loan obligations.
      • When it came to buying players the bank was ready to offer an overdraft facility on top of that but it was strictly short term; Leeds had only a few months at best to pay it off.
      • While some restaurants charge extra for parcelling, the rest provide parcel facility as an add-on service.
      • I wasn't obviously able to contact some directly because their websites didn't offer an email facility or had a disclaimer saying that they wouldn't forward on fanmail.
      • Groups who wish to avail of the facilities offered in the Centre should book immediately.
      • The revamped site also demonstrates the full breadth of Eddisons' service by offering the facility to search online for plant and machinery.
      Synonyms
      possibility, opportunity, feature
  • 2usually in singular A natural ability to do or learn something well and easily.

    才能;天赋

    he had a facility for languages

    他有语言天赋。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Along with a facility for languages, the fledgling student quickly demonstrated an aptitude for computers and taught himself programming.
    • Perhaps he was being deeply ironic, although of all the many qualities one associates with John Motson, a facility for gentle irony does not usually figure among them.
    • Shyamalan displays a facility for dramatic and thematic economy that verges on Modernist.
    • Even there though, in a movie which tested your patience to destruction and beyond, there were flashes of arresting talent: a facility for framing and delineating a mood and a moment.
    • It is always immensely humbling for we hacks to be in the presence of the Chancellor, given his facility for talking expertly about, apparently, everything under the sun.
    • It forced him to question the status quo at a very young age, it also left him with an extraordinary technical facility as a master concert percussionist.
    • As Eve pointed out, I have a facility for falsehoods, a talent both natural and learned.
    • And there's many a time that a facility for being able to imitate a certain voice or style has got me out of trouble as a writer.
    • Feeling and doing, putting things together, are the key to Sir Harry's philosophy, so much so that he believes it is the will to do and the facility to fit the pieces together that have made him a successful scientist.
    Synonyms
    aptitude, talent, gift, flair, bent, skill, knack, finesse, genius
    ability, proficiency, competence, capability, potential, capacity, faculty
    expertise, expertness, adeptness, prowess, mastery, artistry
    propensity, inclination, natural ability, suitability, fitness
    head, mind, brain
    informal know-how
    1. 2.1mass noun Absence of difficulty or effort.
      娴熟,灵巧;流畅
      the pianist played with great facility

      那个钢琴家的演奏极其娴熟流畅。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Like the loose, readily wearable garment that he can slip into and out of with ease, Gascoigne thus advertises his facility with multiple professional identities.
      • Miller's ballet background was discernible in the dancers' effortless facility and clean, classical line.
      • Shifting from gritty and fervid to soft and wet in the blink of an eye, she flicks away all competitors with effortless facility.
      • Your opponent is invariably unfamiliar with it, while you master it with matchless facility.
      • The American scientist was to be prized not just for intellectual prowess, but technical facility.
      • However, his non-Punjabi audience may not feel estranged as he writes with ease and facility.
      • It should ‘penetrate the ear with facility, and quit the memory with difficulty’, not the reverse, as in much avant-garde music.
      • Only after the show can one fully appreciate the ease and facility of each transition, and the perfect timing of every reaction from one character or the other.
      Synonyms
      ease, effortlessness, no difficulty, no trouble, no bother, facileness, simplicity
      deftness, adroitness, dexterity, proficiency, mastery

Origin

Early 16th century (denoting the means or unimpeded opportunity for doing something): from French facilité or Latin facilitas, from facilis 'easy' (see facile).

  • Latin facilis ‘easy’ is the base of facility. Originally meaning ease in doing something, facility developed into something that makes it easier to do something in the early 19th century, Facilis also give us facile (Late Middle English), facilitate (early 17th century), and faculty (Late Middle English).

Rhymes

ability, agility, civility, debility, docility, edibility, fertility, flexility, fragility, futility, gentility, hostility, humility, imbecility, infantility, juvenility, liability, mobility, nihility, nobility, nubility, puerility, senility, servility, stability, sterility, tactility, tranquillity (US tranquility), usability, utility, versatility, viability, virility, volatility

Definition of facility in US English:

facility

nounfəˈsilədēfəˈsɪlədi
  • 1A place, amenity, or piece of equipment provided for a particular purpose.

    cooking facilities

    烹饪器具。

    a manufacturing facility

    制造中心。

    facilities for picnicking, camping, and hiking

    野餐和停车场所。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Other measures include working with offenders to change their behaviour and working with communities to improve leisure facilities for youngsters.
    • Today, there are no less than three designated student accommodation facilities in town.
    • We had excellent cooking facilities at the station having been given a whole room to ourselves.
    • Accommodation and dining facilities offer quality, are well managed, and run efficiently.
    • Clean water and adequate sanitary facilities are lacking, producing widespread illness, particularly among children.
    • The facilities on the site allow 85 % of current container volumes to be handled.
    • There are also disabled toilets at the Washburn Valley reservoir, as well as car parking and picnic facilities.
    • Also being provided are a playground and a kick around area for children as well as car parking facilities.
    • It was indicated that if Skipton was to survive as a vibrant market town in the future the car parking facilities needed to change.
    • Lack of car parking facilities continues to be one of the most contentious issues in the town.
    • And the companies are investing heavily in liquefied natural gas facilities in the area.
    • Zuma said local government could also provide recreational facilities for children, especially after school hours.
    • All dental work was done by a well-known dental clinic with modern equipment and facilities.
    • Passengers would have a choice of airlines, terminal facilities and car parks.
    • She confirmed there would be no public bar or restaurant and facilities would be for hotel guests only.
    • As well as a second operating theatre, the unit needs more ward space and more facilities to hold clinics and carry out research.
    • I am sick to death of the lack of proper shopping facilities in this town.
    • Car parking, banking facilities and a wider variety of shops are among the hopes for the future of the town.
    • He added that he would like to see amenity facilities provided in the Barnaderg area.
    • Many furniture removal companies operate secure storage facilities on a weekly rental basis, which could be a short-term solution.
    Synonyms
    provision, space, means, solution, potential, prerequisite, equipment
    amenity, resource, service, advantage, convenience, benefit
    establishment, centre, installation, place, depot, station, location, premises, site, post, base, camp
    1. 1.1the facilities A public restroom.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • If the facilities for each sex are in the same building, they shall be separated by solid walls or partitions extending from the floor to the roof or ceiling.
      • All employees at the worksite must be aware of this arrangement and know that they can use the facilities at any time.
    2. 1.2 An option or service that gives the opportunity to do or benefit from something.
      (某组织机构提供的)服务(项目);(设备的)特殊功能(或用途)
      the program includes a help facility and interactive windows
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The school is unable to offer a pull-in facility and there were only four public bays in the street.
      • Owning and making use of a domain name is not very expensive, all internet service providers offer the facility.
      • The site also offers a CD-burning facility at £3 per song.
      • Part of that process will require it to offer such facilities as a next-day repair service and prompt attention.
      • While some restaurants charge extra for parcelling, the rest provide parcel facility as an add-on service.
      • Bank of Ireland claimed that it is the first time any bank in Ireland has offered an overdraft facility through its ATM network.
      • When it came to buying players the bank was ready to offer an overdraft facility on top of that but it was strictly short term; Leeds had only a few months at best to pay it off.
      • Later this year we'll launch a facility offering flexible benefits, so that our client's employees can optimise the package their employer provides in line with their lifestyles.
      • The revamped site also demonstrates the full breadth of Eddisons' service by offering the facility to search online for plant and machinery.
      • The developer will also offer a full facilities management service.
      • Groups who wish to avail of the facilities offered in the Centre should book immediately.
      • I wasn't obviously able to contact some directly because their websites didn't offer an email facility or had a disclaimer saying that they wouldn't forward on fanmail.
      • They can now avail the studio facilities offered by the Akademi at the Durbar Hall Art Centre in the city.
      • Well, the overdraft facility was there to service a loan and that was still being utilised each month and at the same time the sons were paying the loan obligations.
      Synonyms
      possibility, opportunity, feature
  • 2usually in singular An ability to do or learn something well and easily; a natural aptitude.

    才能;天赋

    he had a facility for languages

    他有语言天赋。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Feeling and doing, putting things together, are the key to Sir Harry's philosophy, so much so that he believes it is the will to do and the facility to fit the pieces together that have made him a successful scientist.
    • It forced him to question the status quo at a very young age, it also left him with an extraordinary technical facility as a master concert percussionist.
    • Perhaps he was being deeply ironic, although of all the many qualities one associates with John Motson, a facility for gentle irony does not usually figure among them.
    • It is always immensely humbling for we hacks to be in the presence of the Chancellor, given his facility for talking expertly about, apparently, everything under the sun.
    • And there's many a time that a facility for being able to imitate a certain voice or style has got me out of trouble as a writer.
    • Along with a facility for languages, the fledgling student quickly demonstrated an aptitude for computers and taught himself programming.
    • As Eve pointed out, I have a facility for falsehoods, a talent both natural and learned.
    • Even there though, in a movie which tested your patience to destruction and beyond, there were flashes of arresting talent: a facility for framing and delineating a mood and a moment.
    • Shyamalan displays a facility for dramatic and thematic economy that verges on Modernist.
    Synonyms
    aptitude, talent, gift, flair, bent, skill, knack, finesse, genius
    1. 2.1 Absence of difficulty or effort.
      娴熟,灵巧;流畅
      the pianist played with great facility

      那个钢琴家的演奏极其娴熟流畅。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Like the loose, readily wearable garment that he can slip into and out of with ease, Gascoigne thus advertises his facility with multiple professional identities.
      • However, his non-Punjabi audience may not feel estranged as he writes with ease and facility.
      • Only after the show can one fully appreciate the ease and facility of each transition, and the perfect timing of every reaction from one character or the other.
      • The American scientist was to be prized not just for intellectual prowess, but technical facility.
      • It should ‘penetrate the ear with facility, and quit the memory with difficulty’, not the reverse, as in much avant-garde music.
      • Your opponent is invariably unfamiliar with it, while you master it with matchless facility.
      • Miller's ballet background was discernible in the dancers' effortless facility and clean, classical line.
      • Shifting from gritty and fervid to soft and wet in the blink of an eye, she flicks away all competitors with effortless facility.
      Synonyms
      ease, effortlessness, no difficulty, no trouble, no bother, facileness, simplicity

Origin

Early 16th century (denoting the means or unimpeded opportunity for doing something): from French facilité or Latin facilitas, from facilis ‘easy’ (see facile).

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