facile

英 ['fæsaɪl; -sɪl] 美['fæsl]
  • adj. 温和的;灵巧的;易做到的

中文词源


facile 简单的,轻率的

来自PIE*dhe, 做,放置,语源同do, fact. 即好做的,简单的。后词义贬义化,用来指轻率的,肤浅的。

英文词源


facile
facile: see faculty
facile (adj.)
late 15c., "easy to do," from Middle French facile "easy," from Latin facilis "easy to do" and, of persons, "pliant, courteous, yielding," from facere "to do" (see factitious). Usually now with depreciatory implication. Of persons, "easily led," from 1510s.

双语例句


1. The subject of racism is admittedly too complex for facile summarization.
无可否认,种族主义这个话题太过复杂,不可能一言蔽之。

来自柯林斯例句

2. That is only a facile answer.
那只是一个很肤浅的回答.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

3. She has a facile tongue.
她口齿流利.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

4. In this special field she is facile princeps, and has left all competitors behind.
在这一特定领域里她是出类拔萃的, 并使所有的竞争者都落后于她.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

5. The facile answer is a multimethod approach.
最方便的答案是多种方法的普查.

来自辞典例句