convenient
/kənˈviːnjənt/adjective
1- fitting in well with a person's needs, activities, and plans方便的; 合适的:
I phoned your office to confirm that this date is convenient.
我打电话到你办公室确认这个日子是合适的。
1.1
- involving little trouble or effort省事的; 方便的:
the new car park will make shopping much more convenient.
新停车场将使购物更加方便。
1.2
- predic.
convenient for
situated so as to allow easy access to近便的, 易于到达的: the site would have to be convenient for London.
选址到伦敦必须交通便利。
1.3
- occurring in a place or at a time that is useful合宜的; 适时的:
guests were relaxing beneath a convenient palm tree.
客人们就近在一棵棕榈树下休息。
派生词
conveniently
adverb他住在巴黎, 很方便。
词源
late Middle English (in the sense 'befitting, becoming, suitable'): from Latin convenient- 'assembling, agreeing, fitting', from the verb convenire (see CONVENE).