convenient
adjective /kənˈviːniənt/
/kənˈviːniənt/
- useful, easy or quick to do; not causing problems
实用的；便利的；方便的；省事的 - Fruit is a convenient source of vitamins and energy.
水果是维生素和能量的便利来源。 - A bicycle is often more convenient than a car in towns.
在城镇骑自行车常常比开车更方便。 - I can't see him now—it isn't convenient.
我现在不便见他。 - I'll call back at a more convenient time.
在比较方便的时候我会回电话的。 - Flying is the most convenient way to travel in such a large country as China.
在中国这样的大国，坐飞机是最方便的旅行方式。 - (disapproving) He used his wife's birthday as a convenient excuse for not going to the meeting.
他说要给妻子过生日，利用这个借口，就不去参加会议了。 - convenient for somebody/something He said meeting in Adelaide would be convenient for him as well.
他说在阿德莱德见面对他也很方便。 - When would be convenient for a visit?
什么时候方便去参观？ - it is convenient to do something It is very convenient to pay by credit card.
用信用卡付款非常方便。 - it is convenient for somebody to do something It's much more convenient for me to drive there.
我开车去那里方便多了。 - convenient to do You'll find these meals quick and convenient to prepare.
你会发现准备这样的饭既快又省事。
- We arranged a mutually convenient time to meet.
我们安排了一个双方都方便的时间会面。 - Would this be convenient for you?
这样你方便吗？ - He used his wife's birthday as a convenient excuse for not going to the meeting.
他说要给妻子过生日，利用这个凑巧的借口就不去参加会议了。 - Holding the debate at that time was not politically convenient.
当时举行辩论在政治上并不方便。 - I can't see them now. It's not convenient.
我现在不能见他们，不太方便。 - Wait for a convenient moment to talk to her.
等方便的时候再和她聊。 - We'll arrange a mutually convenient meeting place.
我们会安排一个对彼此都方便的会面地点。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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- Fruit is a convenient source of vitamins and energy.
- near to a particular place; easy to get to
附近的；近便的；容易到达的 - The office is just five minutes from the station, so it's very convenient.
办公室离车站只有五分钟的路程，所以很方便。 - convenient for something (British English) The house is very convenient for several schools.
这座房子离几所学校很近。 - The house is quite convenient for the shops.
这房子离店铺很近便。 - convenient to something (North American English) The hotel is convenient to downtown.
这家旅馆离市中心很近。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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- extremely
- fairly
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opposite inconvenient - The office is just five minutes from the station, so it's very convenient.
词源late Middle English (in the sense ‘befitting, becoming, suitable’): from Latin convenient- ‘assembling, agreeing, fitting’, from the verb convenire ‘assemble, agree, fit’, from con- ‘together’ + venire ‘come’.