facilities

facilities — 名詞

1. the rooms, equipment, and services that a place provides so that people can do c

1.名詞B1
釋義

設施；場館

場所提供的設備、空間與服務

the rooms, equipment, and services that a place provides so that people can do certain things there, such as playing sport, getting medical care, or staying overnight.

例句

The new community centre has excellent facilities for swimming, basketball, and yoga.

新的社區中心擁有極佳的游泳、籃球與瑜珈設施。

facilities for + gerund list

Lara chose the hotel because the facilities included a gym and a heated pool.

Lara 選擇這家飯店是因為設施包含健身房和溫水游泳池。

facilities included + concrete list

同義詞
  • amenities

    stresses comfort and pleasure (pool, spa) rather than function

  • equipment

    only the movable items, not the rooms or buildings

  • infrastructure

    larger-scale systems like roads or power, not a single venue

文法句型

facilities for + noun/gerund

sports/medical/cooking facilities

用法筆記

Almost always plural in this sense; the singular 'facility' picks out one specific building or service (e.g. 'a research facility'), while 'facilities' covers the whole set.

常見錯誤

❌The hotel has a good facility for children.
✅The hotel has good facilities for children.
💡when listing the things a place provides for an activity, use the plural.

2. a natural ability to do something well and easily, especially something that usu

2.名詞C1
釋義

天賦；才能

輕鬆做好某事的天生能力

a natural ability to do something well and easily, especially something that usually takes other people a lot of effort, such as learning languages, playing music, or solving problems.

例句

Emre has a remarkable facility for picking up new languages within weeks.

Emre 有驚人的語言天賦，幾週就能掌握新語言。

facility for + gerund

The young pianist played the difficult passage with surprising facility.

那位年輕鋼琴家以出人意料的純熟彈完了困難的樂段。

with + adj + facility (manner)

同義詞
  • aptitude

    more measurable, often tested formally

  • knack

    informal; usually for a smaller, specific trick

  • ease

    describes the manner only, not an inherent ability

反義詞

文法句型

facility for/with + noun

with great facility

用法筆記

In this sense the word is uncountable and almost always appears as the singular 'facility', not 'facilities' — it is included here only because the source pages list it under the same headword. Distinguish from sense 1 by the pattern: 'a facility for/with [skill area]' vs 'facilities for [activity at a place]'.

常見錯誤

❌She has great facilities with the violin.
✅She has great facility with the violin.
💡natural skill is uncountable singular; the plural would refer to practice rooms or equipment.