facile

a. 容易的, 灵巧的, 温和的

发音

UK /ˈfæs.aɪl/
其它
US /ˈfæs.əl/
US /ˈfæs.ɫ̩/
SCOT /ˈfä.sʌɪl/

词形变化

more facile 比较级 most facile 最高级

别名

facil

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Easy; contemptibly easy.

    贬义
  2. 2.

    Amiable, flexible, easy to get along with.

    古体

    His facile disposition made him many friends.

  3. 3.

    Effortless, fluent (of work, abilities etc.).

    Her writing was facile and articulate.

  4. 4.

    Lazy, simplistic, superficial (especially of explanations, discussions etc.).

    He arrived with a facile understanding of her works.

  5. 5.

    Of a reaction or other process, taking place readily.

    化学

    Decarboxylation of beta-keto acids is facile.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 7

silver neat slick fluent eloquent silver-tongued smooth-spoken

近义相关 3

superficial articulate effortless

词源

Borrowed from Middle French facile, from Latin facilis (“easy to do, easy, doable”), from Latin facere (“to do, make”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to do, put”) Compare Spanish fácil (“easy”). First use appears c. 1484 in a translation by William Caxton.

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