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easy

adjective
 
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(comparative easier, superlative easiest)
Idioms
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  1.  
     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一种简单的面包制作方法
    • Reaching the summit is no easy task.到达顶峰绝非易事。
    • an easy win/victory轻松获胜
    • It's much easier if you speak the language.如果您说这门语言会容易得多。
    • 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之前的生活。
    • The tool is quick and easy to use.该工具快速且易于使用。
    • 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.您很容易批评。
    • 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。🔊🔊
    opposite hard
    Extra Examples
    • Doing 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.主页使您可以轻松访问常用链接。
    • 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.该植物相对容易识别。
    • We all know the system needs fixing, but it's not that easy.我们都知道系统需要修复，但这并不是那么容易。
    • I found the book easy to read.我发现这本书容易阅读。
    • 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.对于这样的问题，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。
    Topics Working lifea1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • look
    • seem
    • …
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    • …
    preposition
    • for
    phrases
    • all too easy
    • as easy as 1, 2, 3
    • as easy as ABC
    • …
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  2.  
     comfortable, relaxed and not worried舒适的；安逸的；安心的
    • He has not had an easy life.他过着不轻松的生活。
    • 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.对我们来说，事情变得越来越容易。
    opposite uneasy
    Extra Examples
    • He was promised a nice easy retirement.他被保证可以轻松退休。
    • I've had a very easy day at work.我上班过得很轻松。
    • 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，在孩子和成人之间似乎同样轻松。
    • a sophisticated audience that feels easy with ambiguity 经验丰富的观众，容易产生歧义
    • He's perfectly easy about his lack of ambition.对于缺乏野心，他非常轻松。
    • I felt a bit easier after that.在那之后我感到轻松了一点。
    • Racism is never a comfortable or easy topic to raise in multicultural classrooms.种族主义从来都不是在多元文化的课堂上提出的舒适或轻松的话题。
  3. [only before noun] open to attack; not able to defend yourself易受攻击的；无自卫能力的；容易吃亏的
    • She's an easy target for their criticisms.她很容易成为他们抨击的目标。🔊🔊
    • The baby fish are easy prey for birds.这些小鱼很容易被鸟类捕食。🔊🔊
  4. [only before noun] pleasant and friendly随和的；平易近人的 synonym easy-going
    • He had an easy manner.他态度简单。
    • 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。
    opposite awkwardTopics Personal qualitiesc1
  5. [not usually before noun] (informal, disapproving) (of women女人) willing to have sex with many different people水性杨花；轻浮；放荡
    6. 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
  1. (informal) very easy or very easily十分容易；极容易；轻而易举
    • The whole procedure is as easy as ABC.整个过程就像ABC一样容易。
    • Fooling him was as easy as falling off a log.愚弄他就像丢下木头一样容易。
an easy/a soft touch
  1. (informal) 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，我父亲并不容易。
easy meat
  1. a person who seems easy to defeat or cheat很接近；靠近
    • Rogue traders saw elderly people as easy meat for overcharging. 流氓商人认为老年人是容易多吃的肉。
easy money
  1. (informal) money that you get without having to work very hard for it来得容易的钱
easy on the ear/eye
  1. (informal) 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.房间里涂着柔和的粉彩，使人眼前一亮。
an/a/the easy/soft option
  1. (often disapproving) 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.他们担心不应将新课程视为简单选择。
    • 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。🔊🔊
    Topics Preferences and decisionsc2
free and easy
  1. informal; relaxed随便；无拘束；轻松；自由自在
    • Life was never going to be so free and easy again.生活绝不会再那样无拘无束了。🔊🔊
have an easy ride | give somebody an easy ride
  1. (informal) 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.在面试中他并没有一帆风顺。
have an easy time (of it)
  1. 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.自从与露西结婚以来，他过得很轻松。
I’m easy
  1. (informal) 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。”🔊🔊
    Topics Preferences and decisionsc2, Opinion and argumentc2
of easy virtue
  1. (old-fashioned) (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
  1. (old-fashioned, informal) 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
  1. 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.他采取了简单的方法，没有参加会议。
    • She took the easy way out and paid someone to write the article for her.她走了简单的路，付钱给别人为她写文章。
within (easy) reach (of something)
  1. close to something很接近；靠近
    • The house is within easy reach of schools and sports facilities.这房子距离学校和体育设施都很近。🔊🔊
    • Verona and Padua are both within easy reach for day trips.维罗纳（Verona）和帕多瓦（Padua）都非常适合一日游。
    • a holiday town within reach of Marseilles离马赛很近的一个度假小镇

easy

adverb
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(easier, easiest)
Idioms
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  1. used to tell somebody to be careful when doing something小心；慢些；轻点
    • Easy with that chair—one of its legs is loose.小心那椅子，有一条腿松了。🔊🔊
    • Easy, girl—you'll knock me over!小心, 小姑娘-你会把我撞倒的！
    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
be easier said than done
  1. (saying) to be much more difficult to do than to talk about说时容易做时难；谈何容易
    • ‘Why don't you get yourself a job?’ ‘That's easier said than done.’“你怎么不给自己找个工作呢？” “那谈何容易呀。”🔊🔊
breathe/rest/sleep easy
  1. to relax and stop worrying安下心；松口气
    • You can rest easy—I'm not going to tell anyone.你尽管放心，我不会告诉任何人的。🔊🔊
    • I can sleep easy knowing that she's safely home.知道她已经安全回家，我可以睡得很香。
easy come, easy go
  1. (saying) used to mean that somebody does not care very much about money or possessions especially if they spend it or lose something来得容易去得快；易得则易失
easy does it
  1. (informal) used to tell somebody to do something, or move something, slowly and carefully小心些；别急；悠着点
go easy on somebody
  1. (informal) used to tell somebody to treat a person in a gentle way and not to be too angry or severe对某人温和（或宽容）些
    • Go easy on her—she's having a really hard time at the moment.对她宽容些吧，她目前的处境真是很艰难。🔊🔊
go easy on/with something
  1. (informal) used to tell somebody not to use too much of something省着点；少用些；别浪费
    • Go easy on the sugar.糖要省着点用。🔊🔊
not come easy (to somebody)
  1. to be difficult for somebody to do（对某人来说）并非易事
    • Talking about my problems doesn't come easy to me.要讲自己的问题，对我来说并不容易。🔊🔊
    • Change has not come easy.改变并非易事。
stand easy
  1. used as a command to soldiers who are already standing at ease to tell them that they can stand in an even more relaxed way （对士兵的命令用语）原地休息
take it easy
  1. (informal) used to tell somebody not to be worried or angry别急；沉住气；从容点
    • Take it easy! Don't panic.沉住气！不要惊慌。🔊🔊
take it/things easy
  1. to relax and avoid working too hard or doing too much放松；休息；别过分劳累
    • The doctor told me to take it easy for a few weeks.医生叫我休息几周。🔊🔊
    • I like to take things easy when I’m on holiday.我在假日愿意轻松一些。