| 单词 | convenience |
| 释义 | convenience (once / 472 pages) 1n 2n Even though the real reason you want the newest phone is that it's incredibly cool looking, you might pretend that what interests you is its convenience, or how easy and useful it will be. The noun convenience is a quality of ease or accessibility. Just think of a convenience store, which is arranged to be easy to get in and out of, and sells things you might need to grab on your way home. Some things are referred to as a convenience if the whole reason for their existence is to make life easier in some way, like electricity, indoor plumbing, and microwaveable meals. WORD FAMILYconvenience: conveniences+/convenient: convenience, convenienter, convenientest, conveniently, inconvenient/inconvenience: inconvenienced, inconveniences, inconveniencing/inconvenient: inconvenience, inconveniently USAGE EXAMPLES“The mystery of the busts is reduced to a storytelling convenience.” New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) “Four pesos is ridiculous in my view,” said 40-year-old Armando Galicia, who works at a convenience store in Mexico City. Wall Street Journal(Dec 31, 2016) Cook’s also operates as a sort of general store, where neighbors find convenience and comfort. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1 1n the quality of being useful and convenient they offered the convenience of an installment plan Ant|Hypo|Hyper inconvenience the quality of not being useful or convenient opportuneness, patness, timeliness timely convenience accessibility, availability, availableness, handinessthe quality of being at hand when needed commandavailability for use printavailability in printed form suitability, suitableness the quality of having the properties that are right for a specific purpose 2n a device or control that is very useful for a particular job Syn|Hypo|Hyper appliance, contraption, contrivance, gadget, gismo, gizmo, widget gadgetry appliances collectively gimbalan appliance that allows an object (such as a ship's compass) to remain horizontal even as its support tips injectora contrivance for injecting (e.g., water into the boiler of a steam engine or particles into an accelerator etc.) mod conmodern convenience; the appliances and conveniences characteristic of a modern house device an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose 3n the state of being suitable or opportune 2chairs arranged for his own convenience Hyper comfort, comfortableness a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain n a toilet that is available to the public Syn|Hypo|Hyper comfort station, public convenience, public lavatory, public toilet, restroom, toilet facility, wash room ladies' room, powder room a woman's restroom in a public (or semipublic) building latrinea public toilet in a military area men's, men's rooma public toilet for men facility something designed and created to serve a particular function and to afford a particular convenience or service bathroom, can, john, lav, lavatory, privy, toileta room or building equipped with one or more toilets |
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