amenity

noun
🔊/əˈmiːnəti/
🔊/əˈmenəti/, 🔊/əˈmiːnəti/
[usually plural]
(plural amenities)
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  1. a feature or service that makes a place pleasant, comfortable or easy to live in生活福利设施;便利设施
    • The campsite is close to all local amenities.营地紧靠当地所有的便利设施。🔊🔊
    • Many of the houses lacked even basic amenities (= baths, showers, hot water, etc.).很多房屋甚至缺少基本的生活设施。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • The hotel has excellent amenities.这座酒店有完善的便利设施。
    • The new leisure centre will be an amenity for local residents.新的休闲中心将为当地居民提供便利。
    • the diverse cultural amenities of cities城市的各种文化设施
    • The building will be developed as a public amenity.这栋大楼将被开发成为福利生活区。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • excellent
    • basic
    • local
    verb + amenity
    • have
    • offer
    • provide
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French amenite or Latin amoenitas, from amoenus ‘pleasant’.