facility
UK/fә'siliti/US
NGSL 1kIELTSTOEFL四级六级考研B1
释义
n.
A building or place set up for a particular purpose.
设施；场所。
n.
A natural ability or ease in doing something.
（做某事的）才能，熟练。
词根拆分
词根派生facil（来自 facilis，"容易、做得来"）+ -ity（……的状态）="轻松，易于做成的性质"。原义保留在 a facility for languages（语言天赋、轻松）中。常见现代义——设施、场所——来自"为使某事更易办而建之物"（sports facility 体育设施、medical facility 医疗设施）。
词根 fac 还连着 273 个词常用搭配
- 1.medical facility医疗设施
- 2.sports facilities体育设施
- 3.storage facility储存设施
- 4.research facility研究机构
- 5.facility for做……的才能
例句
- 1.
The hospital is a state-of-the-art medical facility.
这家医院是一座最先进的医疗设施。
- 2.
She has a remarkable facility for picking up languages.
她有惊人的语言学习天赋。
- 3.
The hotel offers excellent conference facilities.
酒店提供出色的会议设施。