ease

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  • n. 容易;悠闲;安逸;自在
  • v. 减轻;放松;缓和;缓慢移动
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星级词汇:
    n. (名词)
    1. 容易,不费力,不费事,方便,不费吹灰之力
    2. 舒适,悠闲,自在,放松,安逸,安心,不拘束,快活,轻松愉快
    3. 缓和
    4. 宽松
    5. 从容大方,从容自如
    6. 顺利
    v. (动词)
    1. 减轻,缓和,减缓,缓解,舒缓,减低
    2. 放松,使轻松,使舒适,使安心,使安逸,使畅快,使安心,使安乐,(使)宽慰
    3. 小心地移置,小心搬动,小心缓缓地移动,灵活地移动
    4. 使松动,解开,放宽
    5. 使…容易些,使变得容易,使便利
    6. 降低,贬值
    7. (使)熟悉
    8. 迫使某人离开
    9. 放慢速度
    10. 改善
    11. 使无病痛,使无忧虑
    n. (名词)
    1. [U]容易 the ability to do sth without difficulty
    2. [U]舒适,安逸 the state of being comfortable and without worries or problems
    v. (动词)
    1. vt. & vi. 减轻; 使舒适 take away pain or worry; make more comfortable
    2. vt. & vi. 放宽; 放松 make looser; be less tight

英英释义

Noun:
  1. freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort;

    "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"

  2. a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state;

    "a life of luxury and ease"
    "he had all the material comforts of this world"

  3. the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress);

    "he enjoyed his relief from responsibility"
    "getting it off his conscience gave him some ease"

  4. freedom from constraint or embarrassment;

    "I am never at ease with strangers"

  5. freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility);

    "took his repose by the swimming pool"

Verb:
  1. move gently or carefully;

    "He eased himself into the chair"

  2. lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate;

    "ease the pain in your legs"

  3. make easier;

    "you could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge"

  4. lessen the intensity of or calm;

    "The news eased my conscience"
    "still the fears"

1. They agreed to work co-operatively to ease tensions wherever possible.
他们同意互相配合尽一切努力缓解紧张局势。

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2. Breathe out and ease your knees in toward your chest.
呼气,膝部放松向胸部靠拢。

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3. They sprawl at ease across the sofa, arms draped over the back.
他们惬意地躺在沙发上,胳膊搭在后面。

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4. He gently opened the throttle, and the ship began to ease forward.
他轻轻松开油门杆,轮船开始缓缓前行。

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5. He fell asleep just past midnight with tolerable ease.
他刚过午夜就睡着了,睡得还算安稳。

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    用作名词 (n.)
    1. He passed the test with ease.
      他轻而易举地考及格了。
    2. He is expected to win the game with ease.
      预计他在比赛中会轻易获胜。
    3. My parents are retired and now live a life of ease.
      我的父母都退休了,现在过着安闲舒适的生活。
    4. She is a rich woman now, and leads a life of ease.
      她现在是个富婆,过着安逸的生活。
    5. I don't feel at ease in the strange place.
      在这个陌生的地方,我觉得很不自在。
    用作动词 (v.)
    1. The pain began to ease up after she was given a sedative.
      给她吃了一片镇痛药后,她的疼痛开始减轻。
    2. It would ease my mind to know where he was.
      要知道他在哪儿我就放心了。
    3. They did this to ease their economic crisis.
      他们这样做是为了缓和经济危机。
    4. He eased himself along the ledge to reach the terrified boy.
      他小心翼翼地沿着突出的檐向那惊惶失措的男孩靠近。
    用作名词 (n.)
    1. They are expected to win the election with ease.
      预计他们在竞选中能够轻易获胜。
    2. Gloria is a rich woman now, and lives a life of ease.
      格洛丽亚现在是个阔太太,过着安逸舒适的生活。
    用作动词 (v.)
    用作不及物动词 S+~(+A)
    1. His stomach seemed to ease; the edge was off.
      他的胃似乎好受一些,最难受的时刻已经过去了。
    2. The weather is definitely easing.
      天气无疑在转好。
    3. Tension eased among the passengers as the fog lifted.
      当雾散时,乘客们的紧张情绪才缓和。
    4. The relationship between these two countries has eased.
      两国间的关系已缓和。
    用作及物动词 S+~+ n./pron.
    1. He eased the TV set through the narrow door.
      他轻轻地将电视机搬过窄门。
    2. The belt is too tight, ease it a little.
      皮带太紧了,把它放松一点。
    3. I'll help if it will ease your job.
      如果我的帮助可使你的工作容易些,那么我将助你一臂之力。
    4. They had to ease the speed of their boat.
      他们不得不减低船速。
    5. They did this to ease their economic crisis.
      他们这样做是为了缓和经济危机。
    6. I gave him some medicine to ease the pain.
      我给他一些药物以减轻疼痛。
    7. The new medicine has eased the pain.
      新药已止住了疼痛。
    8. The news that her child was safe eased her mind.
      孩子平安的消息使她放心了。
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    10. The coat needs to be eased under the armpit.
      这件上衣的腋下需要放宽。
    11. The coat is too tight; it must be eased under the arms.
      这件外套太紧了,须在袖子下面放宽松点。
v. (动词)
  1. ease用作名词时的意思是“安适,自在”,转化为动词后可作“使舒适,减轻; 放松,放宽”解。
  2. ease可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时常接名词或代词作宾语,主语可以是人,也可以是物/事物。
  3. ease用作不及物动词时,主语多为物。有时主动形式含有被动意义。
  4. ease...of的意思是“解除”; ease off意思是“减轻,缓和”; ease out意思是“排挤,免除职务”; ease up意思是“移动,放松,减轻”。
  1. at ease和at one's ease在作形容词短语时,解释为“没有拘束的,自在的”。

    She is at (her) ease in speaking Franch.
    她法语说的很自在。

  2. at ease在作状语短语的时候,还可解释为“富裕地”。

    The old couple live at ease.
    这对老夫妻生活得很富裕。

  3. at one's ease也可以解释为“安闲地”。

    They sat side by side and talked at ease。
    他们很安闲地并排坐着。

comfort,console,ease,soothe,relieve
  • 这些动词均含有“给人以帮助以减轻痛苦或悲伤”之意。
  • comfort普通用词,指用语言或行动对痛苦者给予鼓励、勇气和力量,从而减轻其痛苦或悲伤,得到安慰。
  • console较正式用词,侧重缓和或减轻别人的痛苦或悲伤。
  • ease正式用词,指减轻身心的痛苦、不安和忧虑。
  • soothe着重以安慰减轻悲痛、愤怒或激动,使人理智地平静下来。也可指药物等减轻病痛。
  • relieve指解除或缓解某人的病痛、担心或忧虑等,常用被动态。
  • comfort,ease,leisure,relaxation,relief,rest
  • 这些名词均含“舒适,安逸、悠闲”之意。
  • comfort通常指在摆脱烦人、痛苦的事情,或在要求、愿望得到满足后所感到的舒适。
  • ease指因没有担心和忧虑而轻松。
  • leisure专指闲暇时间或悠闲状态。
  • relaxation强调消除肌肉疲劳或思想的紧张状态,使身心松弛,得到休息。
  • relief侧重有消除痛苦、不适或困难的负担,常暗含不利因素已不存在的意味。
  • rest与work相对,强调消除身心疲劳,不着重休息方式。
  • 用作名词 (n.)
    at (one's) ease
      安逸,舒适the state of being comfortable and without worries or problems
    take one's ease
      休息; 轻松stop working or worrying; relax
    用作动词 (v.)
    ease down (v.+adv.)
      减(速) reduce the speed of
      ease down

      Ease down! will you? You're going dangerously fast.

      慢点!好吗?你开得太快了,危险。

      Our lorry eased down and zigzagged along the mountain path.

      我们的卡车放慢了速度,沿着弯弯曲曲的山路前进。

      Ease down, there's a sharp bend ahead.

      放慢速度,前面有个急转弯。

      ease sth ⇔ down

      Getting near the harbour, the fishermen began to ease down the speed of their boats.

      驶进港口时,渔民们开始放慢了船的速度。

      When the car came near the bridge, the driver eased it down to 20 kilometres an hour.

      当汽车开近那座桥时,司机把车速放到每小时20公里。

      The crane operator eased the statue down till it rested on the pedestal.

      起重机操作员轻轻地把塑像吊下来放到基座上。

    ease into (v.+prep.)
      小心地移入 move carefully into sth
      ease into sth

      The car eased into the garage.

      汽车小心地驶入车库。

      The tug eased into the narrow docking space.

      拖船小心地驶入狭窄的码头停泊处。

      ease sb/sth into sth

      He eased himself into one of the armchairs.

      他小心地坐到扶手椅里。

      My foot was rather sore, but I managed to ease it into a large slipper.

      我的脚很疼,不过我很小心地把它伸进一只大拖鞋里。

    ease of (v.+prep.)
      解除 free sb from sth
      ease sb of sth

      Machines ease the workers of heavy manual labour.

      机器把工人从笨重的体力劳动中解脱出来。

      Let him ease you of your trouble.

      让他来解决你的困难吧。

      Do write to your mother to ease her of her worry.

      务必给你妈妈写封信,别让她太担心。

      Music eases me of pain.

      音乐解除了我的痛苦。

      Walking helped to ease him of his pain.

      散步有助于解除他的疼痛。

    ease off (v.+adv.)
      挪开 remove sth gently
      ease off

      Ease off, we don't need to go so fast now.

      慢一点,我们不需要走那么快了。

      The rain has eased off.

      雨势已减弱。

      After the patient received acupuncture treatment, his spasms eased off somewhat.

      病人接受针刺治疗后,痉挛稍微减轻了。

      Now that the children are back at school,I can ease off.

      现在孩子们都回到学校了,我可以松口气了。

      ease sth ⇔ off

      The child asked his papa to help him ease off his belt a bit.

      那孩子叫他爸爸帮他把腰带松开些。

      He eased the stamp off carefully.

      他小心翼翼地把邮票揭下来。

      The nurse eased the bandage off.

      护士轻轻地把绷带取下来。

    ease out (v.+adv.)
      免职,开除 remove sb from office
      ease sth ⇔ out

      Ease out the large sail or we shall be blown over!

      降下大帆来,否则我们会被刮翻的!

      ease sb ⇔ out

      When the new American President took office, some members of the White House staff were eased out.

      美国新总统就职后,白宫的某些职员被解了职。

      Because those two companies merged, a number of their respective officers were eased out.

      由于两家公司合并,他们解雇了他们各自的一些职员。

    ease round1 (v.+adv.)
      绕过 turn gently in a circle
      ease sth ⇔ round

      Turn the rudder slightly so that we can ease the boat round.

      慢慢掌舵,这样我们就能使船稳稳地拐过去。

      Ease the boat round carefully, there's a strong wind.

      风太大,让船慢慢绕过去。

    ease round2 (v.+prep.)
      绕过 turn gently in a circle
      ease sth round sth

      Turn the wheel slightly so that we can ease the car round the gateway.

      慢慢打方向盘,这样我们就能使车稳稳地拐过大门去。

      This is a trick corner; we must ease the piano round it.

      这个拐角难拐,我们必须让钢琴慢慢绕过。

    ease to (v.+adv.)
      改变方向 turn a boat towards the direction of the wind, so as to reduce the force of the wind on the sails
      ease to

      The wind is too strong, we had better ease to.

      风太硬,我们最好调转船头。

    ease up (v.+adv.)
      〈非正〉减轻; 放松 reduce; lighten
      ease up

      They eased up a bit to make room for those men without seats.

      他们移动了一下,腾出地方给那些没有座位的人坐。

      Ask the children on the end to ease up, some more people want to sit down.

      让边上的孩子挪动一下,还有人要坐。

      ease up

      It seemed the storm would never ease up.

      暴风雨似乎没有停的时候。

      He refused to ease up the least bit, even though he was already tired.

      他虽然已经很累了,但他丝毫不放松自己的工作。

      Recently I've been up to my ears in work, but I'll come and see you as soon as things ease up a bit.

      近来我忙得不可开交,但一有空就来看你。

      My father had a hard life, and it's time he eased up a bit.

      我父亲一直过着艰苦的生活,现在是他舒适一下的时候了。

      The pain began to ease up after she was given a sedative.

      给她吃了一片镇痛药后,她的疼痛开始减轻。

      The situation should ease up now that the two sides are prepared to talk.

      既然双方准备会谈,局势就应该缓和了。

      ease up on sb/sth

      The driver eased up on the accelerator.

      司机放松了加速器。

      You should ease up on the child and stop scolding her.

      你应该对那个孩子放松点,不要再骂她了。

      Come on, ease up on those kids a bit; they've had a hard day!

      得啦,对那些小家伙稍许宽容些吧,他们今天已够辛苦的了!

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