facilitate
verb (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they facilitate | |
| he / she / it facilitates | |
| past simple facilitated | |
| past participle facilitated | |
| -ing form facilitating |
- facilitate something
to make an action or a process possible or easier 促進；促使；使便利 The new trade agreement should facilitate more rapid economic growth. 新貿易協定應當會加快經濟發展。 Structured teaching facilitates learning. 有條理的教導有利於學習。
Extra ExamplesThe use of computers has greatly facilitated the firm's ability to keep accurate records. 使用計算機大大提高了公司精確記錄的能力。 Banking secrecy laws need to be lifted in order to facilitate investigation. 爲了便於調查，銀行保密法需要取消。 The smaller meetings will facilitate participation by all staff. 較小的會議將有利於所有工作人員的參與。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- greatly
- further
- be designed to
- help (to)
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French faciliter, from Italian facilitare, from facile ‘easy’, from Latin facilis ‘easy’, from facere ‘do, make’.