- 使无病痛(或忧虑),解除(或减轻)…的痛苦(或忧虑),使安心:
to ease the pain of a wound
减轻伤口的疼痛
to ease one's anxiety
减轻某人的焦虑
to ease one's mind
使某人放心
- 解除(或减轻)(痛苦、忧虑、负担等):
to ease pain
减轻疼痛,解痛
to ease the burden
减轻负担
- 使变得容易,使较容易,使便利:
I'll help if it will ease her job.
我会帮忙的,如果这样做有助于她的工作的话。
- 缓和(紧张状态),使和缓;使轻松;减低…的速度(或强度、努力等):
to ease the speed of a car
放慢行车的速度
to ease the housing shortage
缓和住房短缺状况
- 调节;放松,放宽,解开:
to ease the elastic in a skirt a little
把裙子的松紧带放松一点
The nurse eased the bandage off.
护士轻轻地解下绷带。
- 小心翼翼地移动(或推动、安置);使缓慢移动:
to ease a car into a narrow parking space
把汽车慢慢地开进狭窄的停车场地
- 使舒服,使舒适;使休息:
The wife eased her husband by tidying up his bed.
妻子给她丈夫整理床铺,使他舒服些。
- 使(钱、信贷等)得以低利率得到:
to ease credit
使银根松动
- [戏谑语]从…处轻易地拿走;盗取,窃取:
A thief eased the old lady of her purse.
小偷偷走了那位老太太的钱包。
- 【造船】把(木材)加工整理成船体(或船壳)
- 【海洋学】
- 使(舵)稍稍转回
- 使(船首)径直迎着浪头
- 松开(舵、帆、绳等)
- 【建筑业】给…增建附属建筑物