User-friendly describes a thing that is easy for an ordinary person to use — the buttons are where you expect, the words make sense, and you do not need to read a manual or ask an expert.

User-friendly用來 describes形容 a thing一樣東西 that is easy for an ordinary person to use容易讓一般人使用——the buttons按鈕 are where you expect就在你以為的地方, the words文字 make sense看得懂, and而且 you do not need to你不需要 read a manual讀說明書 or ask an expert或問專家。

It began as a computer word in the late 1970s and is still used mostly about software, apps, websites, phones and machines: "a user-friendly website", "the app isn't very user-friendly". But people now stretch it well past machines, to anything a normal person has to get through: a user-friendly form, a user-friendly guidebook, a user-friendly airport.

It began as a computer word它一開始是電腦用語 in the late 1970s在1970年代晚期, and而且 is still used現在也還 mostly主要 about software, apps, websites, phones and machines用在軟體、app、網站、手機和機器上: 'a user-friendly website'像「a user-friendly website」, 'the app isn't very user-friendly'「the app isn't very user-friendly」這樣的說法。But不過, people now大家現在 stretch it把它用得 well past machines遠遠超出機器, to anything a normal person has to get through用在任何一般人得應付的東西上: a user-friendly formuser-friendly的表格、a user-friendly guidebookuser-friendly的導覽手冊、a user-friendly airportuser-friendly的機場。

You can put it before a noun ("a user-friendly design") or after be ("this is very user-friendly"). It takes more and most, not -er and -est: more user-friendly, most user-friendly.

You can put it你可以把它 before a noun放在名詞前面 ('a user-friendly design')（像「a user-friendly design」）, or也可以 after be放在be動詞後面 ('this is very user-friendly')（像「this is very user-friendly」）。It它 takes more and most的比較級和最高級要用more和most, not不能用 -er and -est加-er和-est: more user-friendlymore user-friendly, most user-friendlymost user-friendly。

The pattern behind it has become a little factory in English — people build new words the same way whenever they want to say "kind to X": eco-friendly, family-friendly, budget-friendly, beginner-friendly.

The pattern behind it這個詞背後的模式 has become變成了 a little factory in English英文裡的一座小工廠——whenever they want to say每當大家想說 'kind to X'「對X友善」, people build new words大家就造新詞 the same way用同樣的方式: eco-friendlyeco-friendly、family-friendlyfamily-friendly、budget-friendlybudget-friendly、beginner-friendlybeginner-friendly。

A gentle warning: because companies love this word in advertising, it is often a claim rather than a fact.

A gentle warning溫馨提醒: because因為 companies love this word in advertising廣告商很愛用這個詞, it is often它常常只是 a claim廣告的說法 rather than a fact而不一定是事實。