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not difficult; done or obtained without a lot of effort or problems 容易的;轻易的;不费力的 an easy way to make bread 制作面包的简单方法 Reaching the summit is no easy task. 到达顶峰不是一件容易的事。 an easy win/victory 轻松的胜利 It's much easier if you speak the language. 如果你说这种语言就容易多了。 - easy to do something
It's easy to forget how we lived before the internet. 很容易忘记我们在互联网出现之前的生活。 The tool is quick and easy to use. 这个工具又快又好用。 Their house isn't the easiest place to get to. 他们的房子可不容易到。 There are no easy answers in cases like this. 在这种情况下没有简单的答案。 Several schools are within easy reach (= not far away). 几所学校都在附近不远处。 - easy for somebody (to do something)
It's easy for you to criticize. 你很容易批评。 He didn't make it easy for me to leave. 他并没有轻易让我离开。 It can't be easy for her, on her own with the children. 她一个人带着这些孩子绝非易事。
Extra ExamplesTopics Working lifea1Doing all that while injured isn't exactly easy. 受了伤还要一直那样做谈何容易。 The homepage provides easy access to commonly used links. 主页提供了对常用链接的简单访问。 The easiest solution would be to create a new storage area. 最简单的解决方案是创建一个新的存储区域。 The plant is relatively easy to identify. 这种植物相对容易识别。 We all know the system needs fixing, but it's not that easy. 我们都知道这个系统需要修复,但这并不容易。 I found the book easy to read. 我发现这本书很容易阅读。 I found the exam quite easy. 我觉得这次考试很容易。 It is easy enough to see how it happened. 弄明白这是怎么发生的还比较容易。 It is the easiest thing in the world to blame your parents. 最容易的就是凡事归咎父母。 vegetables that are easy to grow 容易种植的蔬菜 It looks deceptively easy to hit the ball into the hole. 看起来似乎很容易就可以把球打进洞里,其实不然。 It was all too easy to forget why we had been sent there. 很容易会忘记我们为什么被派往那里。 Playing tennis is not as easy as it looks. 打网球没有看上去那么简单。 The written test was ridiculously easy. 笔试容易得离谱。 These changes should make your job easier. 这些改变应可让你的工作更轻松一些。 Writing is not easy for her. 写作对她来说不容易。 a book designed for quick and easy reference 设计得查阅起来快捷又方便的一本书 It's easy for you to tell me to keep calm, but you're not in my position. 你叫我保持冷静当然容易,那是你没到我这份儿上。 Their success at the game did not make for an easy relationship off court. 在比赛中获胜并未使他们在场下的关系变得融洽。 There are no easy answers to a problem like this. 像这样的问题没有简单的答案。 This encyclopedia is designed for quick and easy reference. 这部百科全书的特点在于查阅资料快捷、方便。 It's easy for you to tell me to keep calm, but you're not in my position. 你叫我保持冷静当然容易,那是你没到我这份儿上。 It would be the easiest thing in the world to fall in love with him. 爱上他将是世界上最容易的事情。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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comfortable, relaxed and not worried 舒适的;安逸的;安心的 He has not had an easy life. 他的生活并不轻松。 I don't feel easy about letting the kids go out alone. 让孩子们单独出去我不放心。 Things are getting easier for us. 事情对我们来说越来越容易了。
Extra ExamplesHe was promised a nice easy retirement. 他被许诺过一个舒适的退休生活。 I've had a very easy day at work. 我今天工作很轻松。 I'll agree to anything for an easy life. 只要有安逸舒适的生活我什么都同意。 She's a sociable kid who seems equally easy with children and adults. 她是一个善于交际的孩子,似乎对孩子和成年人都一样容易相处。 a sophisticated audience that feels easy with ambiguity 感觉很容易含糊不清的老练观众 He's perfectly easy about his lack of ambition. 他对自己缺乏野心非常宽容。 I felt a bit easier after that. 从那以后,我觉得轻松了一些。 Racism is never a comfortable or easy topic to raise in multicultural classrooms. 在多元文化的课堂上,种族主义从来都不是一个舒服或容易提出的话题。
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open to attack; not able to defend yourself 易受攻击的;无自卫能力的;容易吃亏的 - [only before noun]
pleasant and friendly synonym easy-going随和的;平易近人的 He had an easy manner. 他举止从容。 His easy charm soon won her over. 他潇洒自如的魅力让他很快赢得了她的支持。
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(of women )女人 willing to have sex with many different people 水性杨花;轻浮;放荡 see also easily
Word OriginMiddle English (also in the sense ‘comfortable, tranquil’): from Old French aisie, past participle of aisier ‘put at ease, facilitate’, from the phrase a aise ‘at ease’.
Idioms
as easy as anything/as pie/as ABC/as falling off a log
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very easy or very easily 十分容易;极容易;轻而易举 The whole procedure is as easy as ABC. 整个程序和ABC一样简单。 Fooling him was as easy as falling off a log. 愚弄他就像从木头上掉下来一样容易。
an easy/a soft touch
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a person that you can easily persuade to do something, especially to give you money (尤指在钱财方面)有求必应的人,耳根子软的人 Unfortunately, my father is no easy touch. 不幸的是,我父亲不容易接近。
easy meat
a person who seems easy to defeat or cheat 很接近;靠近 Rogue traders saw elderly people as easy meat for overcharging. 流氓商贩把老年人看做容易多收的肉。
easy money
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money that you get without having to work very hard for it 来得容易的钱
easy on the ear/eye
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pleasant to listen to or look at 好听/好看的;悦耳/悦目的 The room was painted in soft pastels that were easy on the eye. 房间用柔和的彩色粉笔画,很容易看出来。
an/a/the easy/soft option
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a choice that is thought to be easier because it involves less effort, difficulty, etc. 轻松的选择;捷径 They are anxious that the new course should not be seen as an easy option. 他们担心新课程不应被视为一个容易的选择。 He decided to take the easy option and give them what they wanted. 他决定顺水推舟,他们要什么就给什么。
free and easy
have an easy ride | give somebody an easy ride
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to not experience difficulties when you are doing something; to make things easy for somebody (使)举步维艰(或一帆风顺) He was not given an altogether easy ride at the interview. 他在面试中没有得到完全的轻松。
have an easy time (of it)
to have no difficulties or problems 日子好过;过得舒适;毫无困难 He’s had an easy time of it since he married Lucy. 自从和露西结婚后,他过得很轻松。
I’m easy
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used to say that you do not have a strong opinion when somebody has offered you a choice 我随便;我好办;我无所谓 ‘Do you want to watch this or the news?’ ‘Oh, I'm easy. It's up to you.’ “你想看这个节目还是看新闻?” “噢,我随便。你决定吧。”
of easy virtue
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(of a woman )女人 willing to have sex with anyone 水性杨花;轻浮;放荡 a woman of easy virtue 水性杨花的女人。
on easy street
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enjoying a comfortable way of life with plenty of money 环境舒适;生活优裕;安定富足
take the easy way out
to end a difficult situation by choosing the simplest solution even if it is not the best one 以最简单的方法解决难题;快刀斩乱麻 He took the easy way out and didn’t go to the meeting. 他采取了简单的办法,没有去开会。 She took the easy way out and paid someone to write the article for her. 她采取了简单的方法,花钱请人给她写文章。
within (easy) reach (of something)