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  • Conjugation : past  eased ; ing  easing
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

ease [iːz]
  1. 1. noun [u] (easiness) 容易
  2. 2. noun (comfort) 安适
  3. 3. vt. [+pain] [ problem] (reduce) 减轻
  4. 4. vt. [+tension] 缓和
  5. 5. vi. [tension+] (lessen) 缓和
  6. 6. vi. [pain] [ grief+] 减轻
  7. 7. vi. [rain] [ snow+] 减弱
    to be/feel at ease
    放松
    (stand) at ease!
    [军] 稍息
    with ease
    不费吹灰之力
    to ease sth in/out
    将某物慢慢挪入/挪出
  8. 8. vi. see ease off

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

ease [iːz]
  1. 1. verb 小心移动
    She eased herself out of the lounger and plopped down by the edge of the swimming-pool.
    她从躺椅起身,从池边扑通一声跳入泳池
    He eased himself into the chair.
    他舒舒服服地在椅子坐下了。
  2. 2. verb 使舒服使舒适
    He put a hand to his forehead to ease the pressure.
    他把一只手放在额头上,以缓解压力
  3. 3. vt. 使便利,使简单
    We also propose to help businesses by easing the process to obtain new licenses.
    我们建议放慢进程以此来帮助企业获得新的许可证
  4. 4. verb 放松减轻;使平静
    I would be content to drudge in earth, easing my heart's disgrace.
    我情愿去地里干苦力,来淡化内心的耻辱
    The news eased my conscience.
    这些消息使我感到良心稍安。
  5. 5. n.[u] 简单容易省力
    He is following a correspondence course in gardening for adults with comparative ease.
    正在上一个相对简单的园艺成人函授课程
    He rose through the ranks with apparent ease.
    轻而易举地从众人当中脱颖而出
    They put it into containers for ease of transportation.
    他们将其放入集装箱以便运输
  6. 6. n.[u] 富足宽裕
    He abandoned a life of wealth and ease to go to China as a missionary.
    放弃富裕生活,去中国作了一名传教士
  7. 7. n.[u] 舒坦舒缓
    I was at ease after I completed my stressful project.
    这个压力很大的项目完成后,我感到放松
    Getting it off his conscience gave him some ease.
    良心上的负担解除,这让他松了一口气
  8. 8. n.[u] 轻松自在,不拘束
    He had not been able to go out and be at ease with strangers.
    无法出去陌生人泰然相处
    I am never at ease with strangers.
    我在陌生人面前总会感到自在
  9. 9. n.[u] 休息放松
    I will be at ease once I leave for vacation.
    一旦离开去度假,我会感觉怡然自得

Collins English-English Dictionary

ease [iːz]
  1. 1. n freedom from discomfort, worry, or anxiety
  2. 2. n lack of difficulty, labour, or awkwardness; facility
  3. 3. n rest, leisure, or relaxation
  4. 4. n freedom from poverty or financial embarrassment; affluence
    a life of ease
  5. 5. n lack of restraint, embarrassment, or stiffness
    his ease of manner disarmed us
  6. 6. vb to make or become less burdensome
  7. 7. vt. [tr] to relieve (a person) of worry or care; comfort
  8. 8. vt. [tr] to make comfortable or give rest to
  9. 9. vt. [tr] to make less difficult; facilitate
  10. 10. vt. to move or cause to move into, out of, etc, with careful manipulation
    to ease a car into a narrow space
  11. 11. vt. [when intr, often foll by off or up] to lessen or cause to lessen in severity, pressure, tension, or strain; slacken, loosen, or abate
  12. 12. vt. [Etymology] C13: from Old French aise ease, opportunity, from Latin adjacens neighbouring (area); see adjacent

Examples

to write with ease
笔墨流畅
a life of ease
舒适的生活
These pills should help to ease the pain.
这些药片应该可以缓解疼痛。
to be/feel at ease
放松
with ease
不费吹灰之力

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