- 1nB2
/əˈmenəti/ · /əˈmiːnəti/
Something that makes a place comfortable or easy to live in, such as shops, parks, or clean water.
便利設施
複數 amenities
核心畫面
Picture what you would list if you were describing a neighbourhood to someone thinking of moving there: a park, shops within walking distance, a clinic, clean water. None of these are the home itself — they are what makes living there comfortable. That is the word, and it is why it almost always appears in the plural.
可以想成：如果要向一個考慮搬來的人介紹這個社區，你會列出什麼——公園、走路可到的商店、診所、乾淨的自來水。這些都不是…更多收起
可以想成：如果要向一個考慮搬來的人介紹這個社區，你會列出什麼——公園、走路可到的商店、診所、乾淨的自來水。這些都不是房子本身，而是「讓住在這裡舒服」的那些東西。這就是這個字的意思，也是為什麼它幾乎總是用複數。它偏正式，常出現在房地產、飯店和都市規劃的文件裡。原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
amenitynoun/əˈmiːnəti/
- 1
Pleasantness.
- We especially enjoyed the amenity of the climate on our last holiday.
- The harbor of Port Royal, rendered gloomy by recollections of misery, was avoided; and after searching the coast and discovering places, which were so full of amenity, that melancholy itself could not but change its humor, as it gazed, the followers of Calvin planted themselves on the banks of the river May.
- 2
Convenience.
- 3
A unit pertaining to the infrastructure of a community, such as a public toilet, a postbox, a library, among others.
- Suburbia was the prescribed antidote to the dreariness of the hypertrophied industrial city—and most American cities had never been anything but that. They were short on amenity, overcrowded, and artless. Americans were sick of them and saw no way to improve them.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。