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ease
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🇺🇸 /ˈiz/
ease既可以表示没有困难、感到舒适或得到缓解的状态,也可以表示使困难、疼痛、压力等减轻,或让某物缓慢而平稳地移动。
💡 记忆钩子
把ease想成给人或事物“松绑、减重、铺平道路”:作为名词,它是轻松、舒适和痛苦减退的状态;作为动词,它就是把疼痛、忧虑、工作量或动作的阻力慢慢降下来。
📝 学习建议
- 不要把ease一律理解成“容易”;它首先强调轻松、舒适或阻力减小,具体含义要看它是在说状态还是在说使某事减轻。
- 先掌握“轻松/缓解”的核心概念,再学习它表示缓慢移动和少数旧式、专业用法。
📖 中文释义
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core 轻松;不费力📖 指做某事时几乎没有困难,动作或任务进行得很轻松。重点不是事情本身简单,而是完成它时没有明显阻力。💡 常用“with ease”放在动词后,表示“轻松地完成”。ease在这里通常不可数,不能直接当作“一个容易的事情”使用;若要修饰名词,通常改用easy。uncountableShe solved the puzzle with ease.她轻松地解开了这道谜题。
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core 舒适;自在📖 指生活或环境让人感到舒服、没有不便和压力,整个人可以从容自在地待着。💡 常见结构是“live in ease”或“with ease”,也可用“the ease of + 名词”谈某种生活便利。这个义项说的是舒适的状态,不只是某个任务很容易;正式说明文和日常谈话都能使用。uncountableThe quiet room allowed him to work in ease.这间安静的房间让他能够舒适自在地工作。
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common 缓解;减轻📖 指疼痛或其他不适停止、减弱,人因此得到缓解。它把“没有不适”的状态具体化了。💡 常见结构是“ease from + 疼痛或不适”,但现代英语中更自然的说法往往是“ease the pain”或“bring ease”。不要把名词ease误当成药物本身,它表示药物或措施带来的缓解效果。uncountableThe warm bath brought ease from the ache in her back.热水澡缓解了她的背痛。
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rare 解除痛苦📖 这是“缓解不适”义的旧式委婉说法,指让痛苦得到终止或减轻。💡 只会在旧文学或历史语境中见到,现代英语通常不用它来表达这个意思。不要把它当作日常医疗表达。euphemistic obsolete uncountable
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rare 便利;享受📖 这是旧式用法,指让生活更轻松的便利条件或奢侈享受,仍然围绕“减少生活负担”的核心概念。💡 这是过时的不可数名词用法,现代英语通常改用convenience、comfort或luxury等词。阅读旧文本时不要把它误解为“容易”。obsolete uncountable
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rare 土地使用上的减负权利📖 这是旧法律用语,指为使用土地而获得的通行、便利或减轻负担的权利,可以看作给土地使用“松绑”。💡 只适用于历史或法律文献,现代法律英语通常使用更专门的术语。普通学习者不应把它当作ease的常用名词义。obsolete uncountable
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core 消除忧虑;使安心📖 指把人的痛苦、担心、激动或内疚等心理负担松开,使其不再那么沉重。💡 常见结构是“ease + 人的情绪或心理负担”,例如“ease one’s conscience”或“ease someone’s worry”。它强调减轻负担,不一定表示问题已经彻底解决;不要把它只用于身体疼痛。transitiveTalking to her friend eased her worries.和朋友谈过之后,她的忧虑减轻了。
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core 减轻疼痛📖 指让疼痛或身体不适变弱,就像把压迫身体的重量慢慢移开。💡 常见结构是“ease + pain/ache/discomfort”,也可以说某种姿势或药物“ease the pain”。ease表示减轻程度,不等于cure,因此不要误译成“治愈”。transitiveA pillow under her knees eased the pain.膝下垫一个枕头减轻了疼痛。
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common 减轻负担;使得到喘息📖 指减少某人的工作量、压力或紧张,让他们暂时得到喘息,阻力因此变小。💡 常见结构是“ease + someone’s workload/burden/pressure”。宾语通常是负担或压力,也可以是承受负担的人;不要把它误解成完全替对方做完工作。transitiveThe new assistant eased the team’s workload.新来的助理减轻了团队的工作量。
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rare 放松绳索的张力📖 在航海等专业语境中,指慢慢放松绳索或缆绳上的拉力,让相关装置不再绷得那么紧。💡 常见结构是“ease + 绳索或帆具”,属于航海和运输术语。这里不是泛指“让事情容易”,而是具体地减小绳索张力。transitive
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common 降低难度;放宽要求📖 指把规则、标准或条件调得不那么严格,从而减少进入或完成某事的阻力。💡 常见结构是“ease + requirements/restrictions/rules”,宾语通常是要求、限制或规定。它表示放宽而不是取消,因此不要把ease the requirements理解成完全不设要求。transitiveThe university eased its entry requirements this year.这所大学今年放宽了入学要求。
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common 缓慢小心地移动📖 指不用猛力,而是慢慢、谨慎地把某物移出、移入或移到某个位置,就像避开阻力一样。💡 常见结构是“ease + 物体 + out of/from/into + 地点”,也可用“ease something open”。它强调动作平稳小心,不等于普通的move;宾语通常是需要避免损坏或卡住的物体。transitiveShe eased the box out of the narrow doorway.她小心地把箱子从狭窄的门口慢慢移了出来。
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core 自行减弱📖 指疼痛、紧张、风势等强度逐渐下降,不再像原来那么强。这是“阻力被松开”这一核心概念的不及物用法。💡 常见结构是“疼痛、紧张或风势 + ease”,后面通常不直接接宾语。它强调逐渐减弱,不表示某人主动把它减轻;需要表达主动作用时,应使用及物用法。intransitiveThe pain eased after a few minutes.几分钟后,疼痛减轻了。The strong wind finally eased.强风终于减弱了。
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common 平稳驶入;慢慢移动📖 指车辆或人不急不猛地进入某处,动作平稳,几乎没有阻力或冲撞感。💡 常见结构是“ease into/onto + 地点”,例如慢慢驶入车道或并入道路。这里通常用不及物形式,不能简单当作“到达”;它特别突出缓慢、谨慎和顺势移动。intransitiveThe bus eased into the station.公共汽车平稳地驶入了车站。
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rare 从某人手里夺走📖 这是古旧俚语用法,指通过偷窃或抢夺拿走某人的东西,可以理解为强行把负担或财物从对方身边移开。💡 常见结构是“ease someone of + 财物”,但这种说法如今已过时,只会在旧小说或历史性俚语中出现。现代英语中不要用它表示普通的拿走或借走。archaic slang transitive
eases
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📘 英文释义 (WordNet)
共 9 组
lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate
同义词集:
comfort
ease
ease the pain in your legs
上位: alleviate, assuage, palliate, relieve
make easier
同义词集:
facilitate
ease
alleviate
you could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge
上位: aid, assist, help
freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)
同义词集:
rest
ease
repose
relaxation
took his repose by the swimming pool
上位: inactivity
下位: dormancy, laziness, leisure, lie-in, quiescence, quiescency, sleeping
lessen the intensity of or calm;
同义词集:
still
allay
relieve
ease
The news eased my conscience
still the fears
上位: comfort, console, solace, soothe
move gently or carefully
同义词集:
ease
He eased himself into the chair
上位: go, locomote, move, travel
参见: ease up, give, give way, move over, yield
freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort; ;
同义词集:
ease
easiness
simplicity
simpleness
he rose through the ranks with apparent ease
they put it into containers for ease of transportation
the very easiness of the deed held her back
反义: difficultness, difficulty
上位: quality
freedom from constraint or embarrassment
同义词集:
ease
informality
I am never at ease with strangers
the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress);
同义词集:
relief
ease
he enjoyed his relief from responsibility
getting it off his conscience gave him some ease
上位: comfort, comfortableness
下位: reprieve, respite
a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state;
同义词集:
ease
comfort
a life of luxury and ease
he had all the material comforts of this world
上位: affluence, richness
🌳 词源
名词来自中古英语,源自古法语,词源存在争议;动词与名词同源。
From Middle English ese, eise, aise, from Anglo-Norman ese (“ease”), from Old French eise, aise (“elbow room; opportunity”), of uncertain and obscure origin. Apparently related to Provençal ais, Italian agio and asio, Sicilian aciu and Portuguese azo. Sometimes ascribed to Vulgar Latin *āsia or *āsium, possibly from Latin ānsa (“handle, haft”) or Frankish *ansiju (“handle, loophole, eyelet; cup-handle; arms akimbo, elbow room”), but more often derived from Vulgar Latin *adjace(m), from Latin adjacēns (“adjacent, neighbouring”), present participle of adjaceō (“lie next to, border on”), though the forms and senses are difficult to trace clearly.
Alternatively, possibly from a non-Latin source such as Germanic or Celtic on the basis of the conflicting forms which appear in various Romance languages. Compare Old English īeþe (“easy”), Gothic 𐌰𐌶𐌴𐍄𐌹 (azēti, “ease; pleasure”), *𐌰𐌶𐌴𐍄𐍃 (*azēts, “easy”), Breton eaz, ez (“easy”), Irish adhais (“easy; leisure”). See also eath.
The verb is from Middle English esen, ultimately of the same origin.
🔄 变式
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