Ease

[iːz] or [iz]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort; 'he rose through the ranks with apparent ease'; 'they put it into containers for ease of transportation'; 'the very easiness of the deed held her back'.

(noun.) freedom from constraint or embarrassment; 'I am never at ease with strangers'.

(noun.) a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state; 'a life of luxury and ease'; 'he had all the material comforts of this world'.

(verb.) move gently or carefully; 'He eased himself into the chair'.

整理:希欧多尔--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) Satisfaction; pleasure; hence, accommodation; entertainment.

(n.) Freedom from anything that pains or troubles; as: (a) Relief from labor or effort; rest; quiet; relaxation; as, ease of body.

(n.) Freedom from care, solicitude, or anything that annoys or disquiets; tranquillity; peace; comfort; security; as, ease of mind.

(n.) Freedom from constraint, formality, difficulty, embarrassment, etc.; facility; liberty; naturalness; -- said of manner, style, etc.; as, ease of style, of behavior, of address.

(n.) To free from anything that pains, disquiets, or oppresses; to relieve from toil or care; to give rest, repose, or tranquility to; -- often with of; as, to ease of pain; ease the body or mind.

(n.) To render less painful or oppressive; to mitigate; to alleviate.

(n.) To release from pressure or restraint; to move gently; to lift slightly; to shift a little; as, to ease a bar or nut in machinery.

(n.) To entertain; to furnish with accommodations.

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同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Rest, repose, quiescence.[2]. Quiet, quietude, quietness, tranquillity, peace, content, contentment.[3]. Facility, easiness, readiness.

v. a. [1]. Relieve, disburden, disencumber, free from pressure or restraint.[2]. Alleviate, allay, assuage, appease, mitigate, soothe, pacify, quiet, still, abate.

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同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Enjoyment, comfort, rest, repose, tranquility, refreshment, relief, quiet,contentment, satisfaction, {[favx'lity]?}, readiness

ANT:Trouble, annoyance, vexation, disquiet, difficulty, awkwardness

錄入:米尔顿

解釋/意思:

n. freedom from pain or disturbance: rest from work: quiet: freedom from difficulty: naturalness.—v.t. to free from pain trouble or anxiety: to relieve: to calm.—adj. Ease′ful ease-giving: quiet fit for rest.—n. Ease′ment relief: assistance: support: gratification.—adv. Eas′ily.—n. Eas′iness.—adj. Eas′y at ease: free from pain: tranquil: unconstrained: giving ease: not difficult: yielding: not straitened (in circumstances): not tight: not strict as in 'easy virtue.'—interj. Easy! a command to lower or to go gently to stop rowing &c.—n. Eas′y-chair an arm-chair for ease or rest.—adj. Eas′y-gō′ing good-natured: indolent.—Ease one's self to relieve nature.—Chapel of ease (see Chapel); Free and easy (see Free).—Honours easy when the honours are evenly divided at whist: Ill at ease uncomfortable; Stand at ease used of soldiers when freed from 'attention;' Take it easy to be quite unconcerned: to be in no hurry; Take one's ease to make one's self comfortable.

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