ease

【发音】

美 /iz/ 英 /iːz/

【翻译】

1. n.容易；舒适

   英释:Ease is the state of being very comfortable and able to live as you want, without any worries or problems

2. vt. 缓和

   英释:if something unpleasant eases, or if you ease it, it gradually improves or becomes less

【记忆】

来自easy(adj. 容易的)

【短语】

1. ease oneself : ◎自我安慰，泄愤，出气；抛弃心头的烦闷

2. at ease : 安逸，自由自在；舒适

3. with ease : 熟练地；不费力地

4. ease of : 使解脱；解除

5. ease of use : 易用性；简易操作

6. ill at ease : 不安的；感到拘束

7. ease in : （小心翼翼地）使逐步适应

8. feel at ease : 感到心安理得；感到轻松

9. ease up : v. 缓和；放松；减轻

10. ease the tension : 缓和紧张状况；缓和紧张局势

11. ease off : 减轻；缓和；放松

12. ease back : 回软；售后回租；轻轻拉回

13. feel ill at ease : 不畅快；局促不安；心神不宁

【例句】

1. She lived a life of ease.

   她过着悠闲自在的生活。

【真题例句】

1. (2014.12 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...an employee at Danny's Cycles in Gramercy also said Citi Bike is a good option for people to ease into biking in a city famed for its traffic jams and aggressive drivers...

2. (2013.6 • CET4 • 第二套 • 写作题)...the beautiful words and sentences flowing in the pages of excellent literature can greatly ease our tiredness...

3. (2012.12 • CET4 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...his critics complained that the products and systems he designed were closed and inflexible, in the name of greater ease of use...

【单词相关测试】

1. Any donation you can give will help us ________the suffering and isolation of the homeless this New Year. 点击查看答案

   正确答案：D

   解释： ease the suffering： 减轻痛苦。 句意： 您所给我们的任何捐赠都会帮助我们解除今年新年无家可归者的痛苦和孤独。 lift： 提高； patch： 修补， 补缀， 掩饰； comfort： 安慰， 使缓和。

   A. liftB. patchC. comfortD. ease

【同、近义词】

1. vt.减轻，缓和；使安心

   moderate/relax/

2. n.轻松，舒适；安逸，悠闲

   comfort/leisure/

3. vi.减轻，缓和；放松；灵活地移动

   relax/to alleviate/

【同根词】

1. adj

   easy : 容易的；舒适的

   eased : 放松的

2. adv

   easy : 不费力地，从容地

3. n

   easing : 吃势；容位；松型

   easement : 地役权；缓和；减轻

   easiness : 容易；舒适；轻松

4. v

   easing : 释放（ease的现在分词）

   eased : 放松（ease过去分词形式）

5. vi

   easy : 停止划桨

6. vt

   easy : 发出停划命令