喜樂美語
  1. 1nB2/əˈmenəti/ · /əˈmiːnəti/便利設施

    Something that makes a place comfortable or easy to live in, such as shops, parks, or clean water.

    示範例句 · Example

    The hotel is close to shops and local amenities.

    逐字這家飯店靠近商店和當地的便利設施。

    「amenity」指讓一個地方住起來或待起來更舒服、更方便的東西——商店、公園、乾淨的水、暖氣、飯店游泳池都算。英文幾乎都用複數 amenities。跟 facility 容易搞混：facility 用在「讓某項活動做得成」的設備（像 tennis facilities）；amenity 用在「讓生活／住宿更宜人」的事物（像 shops and parks）。核心畫面可以想成「讓地方更宜人的東西」——basic amenities 偏基本需求，local / hotel amenities 偏附近或飯店裡讓人更開心的便利。

    常見搭配

    • basic amenities

      基本便利設施（如暖氣、自來水）

      the basic things people need in a home, such as heat and running water

      Some older houses still lack basic amenities.

    • local amenities

      附近的便利設施

      shops, parks, and other useful things near where you live

      The hotel is close to shops and local amenities.

    • modern amenities

      現代便利設施

      newer comforts that make a place pleasant to live in

      The apartment comes with modern amenities like a gym.

    • hotel amenities

      飯店設施／備品與服務

      comforts a hotel offers, such as a pool or free Wi-Fi

      The hotel amenities include a pool and a quiet reading room.

    • lack amenities

      缺乏便利設施

      not have the comforts or useful things a place should have

      The cabin lacked amenities, but the view was beautiful.

    • offer / provide amenities

      提供便利設施

      give people the comforts or useful things of a place

      The new park offers many amenities for families.

    用法接近

    servicesutilitiesshopsparksfacilities

core核心畫面

Picture what you would list if you were describing a neighbourhood to someone thinking of moving there: a park, shops within walking distance, a clinic, clean water. None of these are the home itself — they are what makes living there comfortable. That is the word, and it is why it almost always appears in the plural.

可以想成：如果要向一個考慮搬來的人介紹這個社區，你會列出什麼——公園、走路可到的商店、診所、乾淨的自來水。這些都不是房子本身，而是「讓住在這裡舒服」的那些東西。這就是這個字的意思，也是為什麼它幾乎總是用複數。它偏正式，常出現在房地產、飯店和都市規劃的文件裡。

容易混在一起的字在訂閱裡。容易混在一起的字需要訂閱帳號。

複數 amenities

用法接近

servicesutilitiesshopsparksfacilities

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

amenitynoun/əˈmiːnəti/

  • 1

    Pleasantness.

    • We especially enjoyed the amenity of the climate on our last holiday.
    • The harbor of Port Royal, rendered gloomy by recollections of misery, was avoided; and after searching the coast and discovering places, which were so full of amenity, that melancholy itself could not but change its humor, as it gazed, the followers of Calvin planted themselves on the banks of the river May.
  • 2

    Convenience.

  • 3

    A unit pertaining to the infrastructure of a community, such as a public toilet, a postbox, a library, among others.

    • Suburbia was the prescribed antidote to the dreariness of the hypertrophied industrial city—and most American cities had never been anything but that. They were short on amenity, overcrowded, and artless. Americans were sick of them and saw no way to improve them.

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。