facilitate
verb OPAL W
/fəˈsɪlɪteɪt/
/fəˈsɪlɪteɪt/
(formal)动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they facilitate | /fəˈsɪlɪteɪt/ /fəˈsɪlɪteɪt/ |
| he / she / it facilitates | /fəˈsɪlɪteɪts/ /fəˈsɪlɪteɪts/ |
| past simple facilitated | /fəˈsɪlɪteɪtɪd/ /fəˈsɪlɪteɪtɪd/ |
| past participle facilitated | /fəˈsɪlɪteɪtɪd/ /fəˈsɪlɪteɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form facilitating | /fəˈsɪlɪteɪtɪŋ/ /fəˈsɪlɪteɪtɪŋ/ |
- facilitate something to make an action or a process possible or easier
促进；促使；使便利 - The new trade agreement should facilitate more rapid economic growth.
新贸易协定应当会加快经济发展。 - Structured teaching facilitates learning.
有条理的教导有利于学习。
- The use of computers has greatly facilitated the firm's ability to keep accurate records.
使用计算机大大提高了公司精确记录的能力。 - Banking secrecy laws need to be lifted in order to facilitate investigation.
为了便于调查，银行保密法需要取消。 - The smaller meetings will facilitate participation by all staff.
较小的会议将有利于所有工作人员的参与。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- greatly
- further
- be designed to
- help (to)
词源early 17th cent.: from French faciliter, from Italian facilitare, from facile ‘easy’, from Latin facilis ‘easy’, from facere ‘do, make’. - The new trade agreement should facilitate more rapid economic growth.