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单词 convenient
释义
convenientcon‧ve‧ni‧ent /kənˈviːniənt/ ●●○ S3 adjective Word Origin
WORD ORIGINconvenient
Origin:
1300-1400 Latin present participle of convenire ‘to come together, be suitable’, from com- ( ➔ COM-) + venire ‘to come’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Could we postpone the meeting until a more convenient time?
  • Credit cards are probably the most convenient way of paying for concert tickets.
  • I'd like to talk to the manager - can you suggest a convenient time?
  • I could take the train, but it's more convenient to go by car.
  • I leave my umbrella in a convenient spot by the door so I don't forget it on the way out.
  • Our daycare center, located right here in the building, is convenient for parents with young children.
  • The hotel is very convenient for the station -- it's only a two-minute walk.
  • The idea is to make it convenient to donate blood.
  • This is a safe and convenient way to dispose of chemicals.
  • We need to arrange a meeting. Would 11 o'clock on Tuesday be convenient for you?
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • And the meeting time is convenient for the public.
  • I chose it because the time and place were convenient.
  • It's a lovely setting, and exceptionally convenient.
  • It is becoming less useful to enter into each other's feelings, more and more convenient to consult one's pocket computer.
  • It is simply convenient for governments, which is not the same thing at all.
  • It was clean, inexpensive, and convenient to points of interest.
  • It would be very convenient if we succeeded in coming to an understanding as to how the matter stands.
  • This was not only extremely kind, it was very convenient, as our back garden virtually backed on to their field.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatora time or arrangement that is convenient
a convenient time to do something is a time that does not cause you any problems, for example because you were not planning to do anything else: · I'd like to talk to the manager - can you suggest a convenient time?convenient for: · We need to arrange a meeting. Would 11 o'clock on Tuesday be convenient for you?
especially spoken a convenient time to do something: · "I'm too busy to talk to you now.'' "When would be a good time?''a good time to do something: · A good time to reach me is in the evening after 7:00.a good time for: · I'm afraid Friday isn't a good time for me - I've got a dance class.
if a time or date suits you, it is convenient for you: · Which day would suit you best?· Finding a time that suits everyone is going to be difficult.
spoken informal if a time or date is OK or is okay , it is convenient for you: · I'll pick you up by the front gate. Is 10 o'clock OK?be OK/be okay for: · Friday's probably okay for me, but I'll check with Jean.
if something fits in with your plans, you do not need to change your plans in order to do it: · We'd like to go out for a meal on Thursday evening - does that fit in with your plans?
spoken if something, especially an arrangement, time, date etc is good for you , it is convenient because you do not need to change your plans in order to do it: · Ten o'clock is good for me. How about you?· OK, we'll meet at my house tomorrow night. Is that good for everyone?
a thing or way of doing something that is easy and quick
a convenient thing or way of doing something is useful because it is quick, easy, and does not cause you any problems: · Credit cards are probably the most convenient way of paying for concert tickets.it is convenient to do something: · I could take the train, but it's more convenient to go by car.
a handy object or method is easy to use or easy to do: · Many fruit juices are now available in handy little cartons.· It's a handy way of keeping a record of your spending.
a place that is good because it is near to other places
also handy informal close to a particular place so it is easy to go there: · I leave my umbrella in a convenient spot by the door so I don't forget it on the way out.· Our daycare center, located right here in the building, is convenient for parents with young children.convenient for the school/shops/station etc (=close to the school etc, so it is easy to get there) British: · The hotel is very convenient for the station -- it's only a two-minute walk.· Our house is very handy for the shops.
a time or arrangement that causes difficulties
· I'm afraid he's come at an inconvenient time.inconvenient/not convenient for · I can call you back later if it's not convenient for you to talk now.· They discussed moving the office to a new building downtown but it wasn't convenient for most of the staff.it is inconvenient to do something · If you find it inconvenient to come to the office, we can email the files to you.
especially spoken a time that is not convenient because you are busy or you have made other plans: · Sorry - have I come at a bad time?
spoken if something, especially an arrangement, time, date etc is bad for or is no good for you, it is not convenient because you have other plans: · Saturdays are no good for me. Could we play Fridays instead?· Would it be bad for you if we met at my house instead of yours?
if something is awkward or difficult , it is inconvenient to do it, especially because it would interrupt something else: · Robson's resignation comes at an awkward time for the company.· Things are a bit difficult at the moment. Can I call you back this afternoon?
easy to get to
if a place is within walking distance , it is not far away, and you can walk there easily: · There are several good restaurants within walking distance.within walking/driving etc distance of: · Dr Goldthorpe lived within walking distance of the University.within easy walking etc distance (of something): · Fortunately the house that we were renting was within easy driving distance of the shops.
near enough to a town or place for you to get there without too much difficulty: within reach of: · It was just lucky that we were within reach of a hospital.within easy reach (=near enough to get to easily): · Around Salzburg there are literally dozens of exciting places to visit -- all within easy reach.
British also convenient to something American if your home, office etc is convenient for or handy for a particular place, that place is near it and easy to reach: · The place where we live now is very convenient for the school - it's only a couple of minutes on foot.· My husband works in London so we're looking for a house that's handy for the station. · We found an apartment convenient to campus and public transportation.
also round the corner British not far away, especially in the streets of a town: · "Is there a bank near here?" "Sure, it's just around the corner."· She won't be long, she's only gone round the corner.around the corner from: · We met in a bar just around the corner from my apartment.
if a building or person is close at hand , they are very near and therefore available in case you need them: · The Exhibition Centre is a great day out, with plenty of parking and all the attractions of Manchester close at hand.· I'm very glad that, when my children were small, my mother was always close at hand.
if you say it's no distance , you mean that a place is not far away and is therefore easy to get to: · We come up here regularly from London; it's no distance. it's no distance from: · It's no distance from here to Fifth Avenue. We can easily walk it.
if one place is a stone's throw from another place, it is only a very short distance from it, so that it is easy to get to: · I was born in Wembley, a stone's throw from the football stadium!only a stone's throw from something: · Stanford Hospital is only a stone's throw from where I live.within a stone's throw of something: · The river's within a stone's throw of our apartment - we can see it from the window.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
· The rioting provided the government with a convenient excuse not to hold an election.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
· Words come in only as convenient for purposes of illustration.· It wasn't bad at all, although not as convenient as the refrigerator factory.· Chargecards are almost as convenient and a fraction of the price.· The institution of bishops he defends as convenient and of long standing, rather than as based on Apostolic succession.· It struck him as convenient the way women placed such reliance on their emotions.· This entails matching your life-style to that of the new time zone as fully and rapidly as convenient.
· I was compelled to ask him in, although it could have scarcely been less convenient.· On the other hand a refractor is more costly, and in some ways less convenient to use.· In user terms it is less convenient.· Internet Explorer saves each address individually as a shortcut, which makes them less convenient to transfer.
· This was obviously much more convenient, and it was here that Father Daley and his housekeeper moved.· It was hard to imagine how the system could be improved or made more convenient.· Actually a rendezvous at the Britannique would have been more convenient, its driveway being wider.· The volume of glucose tests performed in the laboratory has increased considerably making automated instruments more convenient and practical to use presently.· For this reason, counting the number of syllables per word is a more convenient measure of complexity.· Currently, many contracts stipulate the opposite -- making the proceedings much more convenient for the franchiser.· The use of itinerant magistrates gradually increased, making prosecutions more convenient.· It can be more convenient to have information delivered to you.
· And only 2% are open at weekends the most convenient time for teenagers and working people to get help.· This species is probably the most convenient for aquariums.· This method of culture is the most convenient if repeated access is required for observation or manipulation.· Despite all the electronic read-outs, there are times when good old-fashioned printed material was the most convenient form of record.· Endoscopic injection, however, is still the most convenient and cost effective means for the arrest of peptic ulcer haemorrhage.· Finally, be prepared to pay a little bit more to get the service that you want rather than that which seems most convenient.· The most convenient place to find a statute that is still in force is in the official publication Statutes in Force.· They are often most convenient at right angles in plan, but could be devised on a semi-radial principle.
· This takes place at a time prearranged to be mutually convenient.· All candidates are required to attend for interview and practical tests at some mutually convenient time.
· That's what makes it so convenient.· Other friends swore by Jenny Craig because it was so convenient.· The house was so convenient for London: people travelled up with David for the day and came back with him.· The solution was so convenient - and for some one in Tolby's position so tactful too.· It's so convenient for your office, too - no changing trains, a straight run through.
· Everything that happened was just too pat, too convenient.· But apparently this was too convenient.· He was so dangerously persuasive - and it would be all too convenient to blame everything on the absent Miss Philimore.· Even they, though, found the battering-ram principle too convenient yet unproductive.· It could then be only too convenient if the Secretary of State made the decision not to investigate the accident.
· It is very convenient that the three digits are so unlike one another since they can be easily recognized.· It would be very convenient if we succeeded in coming to an understanding as to how the matter stands.· This is a very convenient system and there not wires to break or terminals to splay.· I think this is a very convenient sort of way to detract attention from much more serious problems.· This was not only extremely kind, it was very convenient, as our back garden virtually backed on to their field.· Using a mouse is very convenient - but some might prefer the keyboard.· Watercolour is a very convenient medium to use in the field.· The bus service is not very convenient and there is a curfew at 2100, not that it worries us much!
NOUN
· FastPort allows you to move printers to convenient locations and connect them directly to the network.· It was hardly a convenient location for either.· In particular, they say it boasts a convenient location.· Its small size and durable design allows you to use it in many convenient locations.· Busy central and convenient location of local community.· Taxi ranks are situated at convenient locations in the town centre.
· Unit Trusts Like PEPs, unit trusts are a convenient means of investing.· But there was no mistaking the damage that had been done and no convenient means of dismissing its root organizational causes.· Nature, fortunately, has provided a convenient means for locating the chromosomes.· Firstly algebra offers its basic notations and concepts as a most convenient means for expressing, mathematically, certain concrete ideas.· The use of money prices is the most convenient means of measuring future claims.· Many businesses employ telephone conferencing as a convenient means of holding meetings.
· Human-Machine Interfaces Natural language is the most convenient method for communicating with interactive systems.· The most convenient method of keeping a note of important individuals and terminology is a card file or index.· Just because an industry desires a convenient method of cartel formation, that does not mean it will necessarily get it.
· As soon as she could find a convenient place to do so, she turned the car and headed back towards Hallborough.· The most convenient place to find a statute that is still in force is in the official publication Statutes in Force.· He was a punctilious blighter and I can't see him using the Lab as a convenient place for a rendezvous.· It's an uninspiring village but it has a railway station, so it's a convenient place to begin.· This then is a convenient place to turn to consider the wider role of the police in relation to protest.· Brugg Brugg is a convenient place from which to explore an interesting and unspoiled area around.
· While death certificates are a convenient source of epidemiological data, their validity for the study of the dementing diseases is questionable.
· And only 2% are open at weekends the most convenient time for teenagers and working people to get help.· Then they watch it later, at a more convenient time.· A broken one can be replaced at a more convenient time.· I was afraid Richard would mind, but, as it turned out, my election had happened at a convenient time.· So, at a convenient time during your weekend stay, we will give you a personal tour of our exquisite homes.· Most of us defecate once a day and at a convenient time.· And just two percent open at weekends - the most convenient time for teenagers and workers.· All candidates are required to attend for interview and practical tests at some mutually convenient time.
· The but -test provides a convenient way of illustrating this; all the sentences in 2 are pleonastic; 2a.· There was a convenient way of looking at this situation.· It offers a convenient way of sending a number of control characters to the screen.· By 2015, the charge of adultery had become a convenient way of silencing women who protested anything.· The market for labour may be a convenient way to separate the schools of thought.· Walking is an easy and convenient way for most people to begin.· Easy Payment Direct debit is by far the most convenient way to pay.· Technical developments made possible both a greater variety and quality of signals and also more convenient ways of listening.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
  • Cleaning symbiosis on the other hand is a true form of mutually beneficial arrangement with both cleaner and host benefiting.
  • Community Linking is direct people to people contact which leads to equal, mutually beneficial relationships across cultures.
  • It encourages open communication, and learning about processes of living in mutually beneficial ways.
  • Obtaining frankness within families about the feelings and expectations they have of each other can be mutually beneficial.
  • Some of those diets were the result of a mutually beneficial alliance between physicians and food producers.
  • These few basic rules can make your group maximally helpful:-Meet regularly at a mutually acceptable time and place.
  • This commission would be composed of mutually acceptable and appropriate international personalities and representatives from governments and international organizations.
  • This takes place at a time prearranged to be mutually convenient.
Word family
WORD FAMILYnounconvenience ≠ inconvenienceadjectiveconvenient ≠ inconvenientverbinconvenienceadverbconveniently ≠ inconveniently
1useful to you because it saves you time, or does not spoil your plans or cause you problems OPP  inconvenient:  Mail-order catalogs are a convenient way to shop. My secretary will call you to arrange a convenient time to meet.convenient for Is three o'clock convenient for you?convenient to do something It is simple and convenient to use.RegisterIn everyday English, people usually say a good time/day etc rather than a convenient time/day etc:· Is this a good time for you to talk?2close and easy to reach OPP  inconvenient:  The bus stop around the corner is probably the most convenient.convenient for British Englishconvenient to American English restaurants convenient for shops and theatres → inconvenient
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