facile
facile 英 [ˈfæsaɪl] 美 [ˈfæsl]
adj. 轻率的，易得的
The explanation is too facile for such a complex phenomenon. 这种解释对于这样复杂的情况来说过于肤浅了。
That is only a facile answer. 那只是一个很肤浅的回答。
- If someone does something easily, or shows ease, it is described as facile in a good way, but if someone takes the easy way out and shows a lack of thought or care, it is facile in a bad way.
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- adj. 轻率的，易得的
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1. The explanation is too facile for such a complex phenomenon.
这种解释对于这样复杂的情况来说过于肤浅了。
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2. That is only a facile answer.
那只是一个很肤浅的回答。
- facile (adj.) late 15c., "easy to do," from Middle French facile "easy," from Latin facilis "easy to do," of persons, "pliant, courteous, yielding," from facere "to do" (from PIE root *dhe- "to set, put"). Usually now with depreciatory implication. Of persons, "easily led," from 1510s.
fa·cile / ˈfæsaɪl ; NAmE ˈfæsl / adjective ( disapproving) 1 produced without effort or careful thought 轻率作出的；不动脑筋的 SYN glib ◆ a facile remark/generalization 信口开河；随意概括 2 [only before noun ] ( formal) obtained too easily and having little value 轻易可得的；得来容易的 ◆ a facile victory 唾手可得的胜利 fa·cile / ˈfæsaɪl ; NAmE ˈfæsl /
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