單詞簡介
發音
['i:ziŋ]
釋義
•vt.ease的變形
ease [i:z]
•n.
•無病無痛，無憂無慮；舒適，舒坦，安逸，安適，安閒，悠閒
•安心，放心，自由自在，自然，從容，泰然自若，無拘無束，不緊張
•無困難，容易，不費力氣
•不貧窮，不窘迫，(經濟上)無負擔等；寬裕，優裕，富足
•(限制的)放鬆，緩和
•(利率的)降低
•(價格的)下降趨勢
•vt.
•使(舵)稍稍轉回
•使(船首)徑直迎著浪頭
•鬆開(舵、帆、繩等)
•使無病痛(或憂慮)，解除(或減輕)…的痛苦(或憂慮)，使安心：
•to ease the pain of a wound
•減輕傷口的疼痛
•to ease one's anxiety
•減輕某人的焦慮
•to ease one's mind
•使某人放心
•解除(或減輕)(痛苦、憂慮、負擔等)：
•to ease pain
•減輕疼痛，解痛
•to ease the burden
•減輕負擔
•使變得容易，使較容易，使便利：
•I'll help if it will ease her job.
•我會幫忙的，如果這樣做有助於她的工作的話。
•緩和(緊張狀態)，使和緩；使輕鬆；減低…的速度(或強度、努力等)：
•to ease the speed of a car
•放慢行車的速度
•to ease the housing shortage
•緩和住房短缺狀況
•調節；放鬆，放寬，解開：
•to ease the elastic in a skirt a little
•把裙子的鬆緊帶放鬆一點
•The nurse eased the bandage off.
•護士輕輕地解下繃帶。
•小心翼翼地移動(或推動、安置)；使緩慢移動:
•to ease a car into a narrow parking space
•把汽車慢慢地開進狹窄的停車場地
•使舒服，使舒適；使休息:
•The wife eased her husband by tidying up his bed.
•妻子給她丈夫整理床鋪，使他舒服些。
•使(錢、信貸等)得以低利率得到：
•to ease credit
•使銀根鬆動
•[戲謔語]從…處輕易地拿走；盜取，竊取：
•A thief eased the old lady of her purse.
•小偷偷走了那位老太太的錢包。
•【造船】把(木材)加工整理成船體(或船殼)
•【海洋學】
•【建築業】給…增建附屬建築物
•vi.
•減少，減輕；減慢，放慢；鬆弛，放鬆；緩和，減緩(常與 off， up 連用)：
•The tension between the two countries has eased off.
•兩國的緊張局勢已有所緩和。
•小心翼翼地移動(或搬動)：
•to ease through the door
•小心翼翼地穿過門
•(股票、價格等)呈下降趨勢：
•The dollar eased against the mark.
•美元對馬克的兌換率下降了。
引申
短語
•at ease
•[亦作 at one's ease] 安適，舒適，舒坦；安逸，自在；不拘束，不拘禮；泰然自若
•【軍事】
•a)稍息(口令)
•b)稍息姿勢
•Ease (或 Easy) all! 【賽艇】停槳!停劃! 停止!
•ease all 【賽艇】停槳，停劃；停止
•Ease her! 【航海學】慢開!
•Ease makes thief. [諺語]貪圖安逸的人會起盜心。
•ease nature 小便；大便
•ease oneself
•自我安慰，泄憤，出氣；拋棄心頭的煩悶
•小便；大便
•ease the rudder (或 helm) 【航海學】回舵
•ill at ease 見 ill
•put (或 set) someone at his ease 使某人感到無拘束；使某人寬心
•set at ease 安慰，使安心
•stand at ease 【軍事】(口令)稍息
•take one's ease
•休息，輕鬆一下，享受一下安適，舒適
•安心，放心
例句
If harvests across countries are reasonably good, there should be an easing ofprice pressure across the region and, consequently, globally as well. 如果產量得到滿足，整個國家都相當不錯，應該有一個緩和的價格壓力，整個地區，甚至全球範圍內。
An interesting idea, and perhaps one way of easing the identity crisis which loomsover the bank as it deals with middling countries. 談談一個有趣的想法，也可能是緩和世行與中等國家做生意時所出現的認同危機的一種途徑。
Although this is not a full revival of quantitative easing, it does mean there will beno "quantitative uneasing" through the scheduled rundown of facilities. 儘管這不是量化寬鬆的回歸，但是這也意味著有計畫的減少投資工具的"量化非寬鬆"一去不復返。
