喜樂美語
  1. 1vC1/fəˈsɪlɪteɪt/促進；使容易

    正式To smooth the way for a process or activity, so it happens more easily.

    示範例句 · Example

    Dividing students into small groups usually helps facilitate discussion.

    逐字把學生分成小組通常幫助促進討論。

    「facilitate」是比較正式的動詞，核心意思是「讓某個過程或活動比較容易發生」——常出現在課堂報告、說明書、新聞裡。後面通常接「事情／過程」名詞，例如 communication、learning、access、the process。跟 help 比：help 比較像直接伸手幫忙做事；facilitate 比較像把路鋪平，讓事情自己比較好走。可以想成：不是替別人把整件事做完，而是清掉障礙、準備好條件，讓過程順利進行。

    常見搭配

    • facilitate communication

      促進溝通；使溝通更容易

      to make it easier for people to share information or talk

      Video calls facilitate communication between classes in different cities.

    • facilitate learning

      促進學習；使學習更容易

      to make learning easier or smoother

      Picture cards can facilitate learning new words.

    • facilitate access (to something)

      使更容易取得／使用

      to make it easier to reach or use something

      Ramps facilitate access to the school library for wheelchair users.

    • facilitate the process

      使這個過程更容易進行

      to make a series of steps easier to complete

      Sharing the checklist facilitated the process of cleaning the classroom.

    • greatly facilitate

      大大促進；大幅使…更容易

      to make something much easier

      Clear labels greatly facilitate finding the right book.

    • help facilitate

      幫助促進；有助於使…更容易

      to assist in making a process easier

      Group leaders help facilitate discussion when the class is large.

core核心畫面

Something is already trying to happen — a discussion, a deal, a change — and you clear the road so it can move: you take away the friction rather than push the thing yourself. The subject of this verb is often not a person but a condition, a tool, or a rule that makes the way smoother.

可以想成：有件事本來就在往前走——一場討論、一筆交易、一個改變——你做的是把路上的石頭搬開，讓它走得順，而不是自己去推它。這也是為什麼這個字的主詞常常不是人，而是某個條件、工具或制度：The new road facilitates trade（新路讓貿易更順）。

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。

同家族的字

過去式 facilitated過去分詞 facilitated-ing facilitating三單 facilitates

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。

facilitateverb/fəˈsɪlɪteɪt/

  • 1

    To make easy or easier.

    • Features such as trackless doors, mercury-type door interlocks, roof-mounted door fault indicator lights, rubber window glazing, improved retractable shoegear and a modified electro-pneumatic brake system designed to facilitate maintenance and improve reliability, which have proved their worth on the prototype trains, are continued in the new stock.
    • The flatness of the landscape facilitates views right across the Firth of Forth to Fife, before the railway begins to pierce the Edinburgh suburbs.
  • 2

    To help bring about.

    • But while she was pursuing this thought the good genius of Sophia, or that which presided over the integrity of Mrs Honour, or perhaps mere chance, sent an accident in her way, which at once preserved her fidelity, and even facilitated the intended business.
    • Last week, the Justice Department said it would comply with a federal judge’s order to “facilitate” the return of O.C.G., a gay man who was sent to Mexico this year despite having told American authorities that he had experienced violence there and was afraid to go back.
  • 3

    To preside over (a meeting, a seminar).

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。