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You can picture 'easy' as the opposite of friction or strain: a thing slides into place with almost no push. The first picture is a task that takes little effort — the door opens, the answer comes, nothing fights you. From there the same feeling of 'no strain' spreads outward: a mind with no worries (easy in your heart), a person with no rough edges (easy to be with), a life with no money pressure (easy street), and an action done gently and slowly so it meets no resistance (take it easy, go easy).
可以把 easy 想成「沒有阻力、不費力」的那種感覺:事情輕輕一推就成了,沒有東西在跟你較勁。最先浮現的畫面比較像一…更多收起
可以把 easy 想成「沒有阻力、不費力」的那種感覺:事情輕輕一推就成了,沒有東西在跟你較勁。最先浮現的畫面比較像一件不太費勁的事——門一開就開、答案自己冒出來、沒有東西卡住你。從這個「不費力」往外延伸,同一種「毫無阻力」的感覺就蔓延到別的地方:心裡沒有煩惱(easy 安心)、一個人沒有稜角讓人好相處(easy-going)、生活沒有金錢壓力(easy street),以及把動作放慢、放輕,讓它不碰到任何阻力(take it easy、go easy)。原始詞典資料14 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。
Easynoun
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radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter E.
easyadj/ˈiːzi/
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Comfortable; at ease.
- Now that I know it's taken care of, I can rest easy at night.
- “[…] She takes the whole thing with desperate seriousness. But the others are all easy and jovial—thinking about the good fare that is soon to be eaten, about the hired fly, about anything.”
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Requiring little skill or effort.
- It's often easy to wake up but hard to get up.
- The teacher gave an easy test to her students.
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Causing ease; giving comfort, or freedom from care or labour.
- Rich people live in easy circumstances, that is, the easy life.
- an easy chair
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Free from constraint, harshness, or formality; unconstrained; smooth.
- easy manners; an easy style
- the easy vigour of a line
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derogatoryinformalConsenting readily to sex.
- She has a reputation for being easy; they say she slept with half the senior class.
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Not making resistance or showing unwillingness; tractable; yielding; compliant.
- He gain'd their easy hearts.
- He is[…] too tyrannical to be an easy monarch.
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datedbusinessfinanceNot straitened as to money matters; opposed to tight.
- The market is easy.
easyadv/ˈiːzi/
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In a relaxed or casual manner.
- After his illness, John decided to take it easy.
- Everything comes easy to her.
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In a manner without strictness or harshness; gently; softly.
- Jane went easier on him after he broke his arm.
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Handily; at the very least.
- This project will cost 15 million dollars, easy.
easynoun/ˈiːzi/
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rareinformalSomething that is easy.
- Virtually all of the "easies" are the first watermark and the "toughs" are the second.
- Run past the nasties, kill the easies.
easyverb/ˈiːzi/
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hobbieslifestylerowingSynonym of easy-oar.
easyintj/ˈiːzi/
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informalRequesting deintensification or a halt.
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。