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单词 facile
释义 fac·ile
\ˈfasəl also -(ˌ)sil, chiefly Brit -ˌsīl\ adjective
Etymology: Middle French, from Latin facilis, from facere to make, do + -ilis -ile — more at do
1.
 a. : easily accomplished or attained : involving no special difficulty or expenditure of skill or effort : easy
  < a facile victory >
 sometimes : specious, superficial
  < the work is well-organized but the conclusions and interpretations are often unduly facile >
  < I am not concerned … with offering any facile solution for so complex a problem — T.S.Eliot >
 b. : used or comprehended with ease
  < the techniques of paper chromatography have provided facile means of separating complex organic mixtures >
  < the report proved to be surprisingly facile reading >
 c. of feelings, emotions, attitudes : readily experienced or manifest and often lacking sincerity, depth, or real basis
  < sick of words and phrases and facile emotions and situations and insincerities — Rose Macaulay >
  < we must possess a peculiarly facile turn of mind when we can virtuously condemn the cruelties perpetrated in other countries, while … we avert our eyes from the cruelties we ourselves continue to condone — Farley Mowat >
2.
 a. archaic : easily led or prevailed upon : compliant, docile, yielding
 b. Scots law : so easily influenced as to require curatorship or guardianship — used of the mentally weak; compare facility 3b
3. : mild or pleasing in manner or disposition:
 a. archaic : lenient and gentle : not stern, severe, or harsh
 b. obsolete : kind and affable
 c. : exhibiting ease of bearing or manner : assured, poised
4. : free and unrestrained in performing or expressing : ready, resourceful, quick, fluent, expert : not hesitant, barren, slow, or awkward
 < a man facile in expedients >
 < the most facile and prolific of humorists — Alfred Kreymborg >
Synonyms: see easy
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