easy
adjective
uk/ˈiː.zi/us/ˈiː.zi/easyadjective(NOT DIFFICULT)
A1
needinglittleeffort:
容易的;不费力的an easyexam容易的考试
Would a ten o'clockappointmentbe easierforyou?会面定在10点是不是对你更方便一点儿?
[+ to infinitive]It's easytoseewhy he's sopopular.不难看出他为何会那么受欢迎。
She's very easytotalkto.她平易近人,跟她很容易谈得来。
The easiest thingtodo would be for us to take thetrainhome.对我们来说,最简单的做法莫过于坐火车回家。
Itisn't easy beingaparent.为人父母,殊非易事。
Getting into themoviebusinessisnoeasymatter.要跻身电影业可不是件容易的事。
I don'ttrustthat easy(=relaxed)charmof his.他那副从容自如的潇洒风度倒是让我信不过。
informalMycarcan do 250kph, easy.我的车每小时能跑250公里,小菜一碟。
Opposite
difficult
easy
- easyI can tell you how to do that - it's easy!
- simpleThe recipe is so simple - you just mix all the ingredients together.
- straightforwardIt seems like a fairly straightforward assignment.
- a piece of cakeMy last exam was a piece of cake.
- Thismachineiscomparativelyeasy to use.
- Thisproblemshould be easy enough for someone who's donephysicsat Alevel.
- She doesn'tfindit easy totalkabout herproblems.
- TheirregularityofEnglishspellingmeansthat it is easy to makemistakes.
- Thebookletpresentsexplainsthings in an easy, non-technical way.
Easiness and simplicity
- (as) easy as pie/ABC/anything/falling off a logidiom
- a piece of cakeidiom
- accessibility
- at the push of a buttonidiom
- at the stroke of a penidiom
- be (all) downhillidiom
- doss
- gift
- gimme
- give/handsomethingtosomeoneon a (silver) platteridiom
- handily
- hey presto
- painless
- platter
- presto
- probs
- rarefied
- the path of least resistanceidiom
- walkaway
- walkover
easyadjective(COMFORTABLE)
comfortableorcalm;freefromworry,pain, etc.:
舒适的;安逸的;安心的They bothretiredand went off toleadan easylifein the Bahamas.他们两个都退休了,一起到了巴哈马群岛过安逸生活去了。
I don'tfeeleasyaboutleavinghimalonein thehouseallday.把他一个人留在家里一整天,我可不放心。
With theharvestfinished, I wasabletorelaxwith aneasymind/conscience.收割结束了,我可以安心地/心安理得地放松一下了。
Calm and relaxed
- (as) cool as a cucumberidiom
- at (your) leisureidiom
- be at peace with the worldidiom
- calmly
- calmness
- equilibrium
- free-flowing
- gaily
- genteel
- happy-go-lucky
- harmonious
- peaceably
- peacefully
- peacefulness
- phlegm
- placid
- placidly
- sedate
- without a care in the worldidiom
- zen
Idioms
an easy touch
(as) easy as pie/ABC/anything/falling off a log
easier said than done
the easiest thing in the world
easy come, easy go
easy does it!
be easy game/meat
easy on the eye/ear
go easy
I'm easy
on easy street
take it/things easy