Vietgle Tra từ – Định nghĩa của từ ‘ease’ trong từ điển Lạc Việt


ease

ease

(ēz) noun

1.

The condition of being comfortable or relieved.

2.

a. Freedom from pain, worry, or agitation: Her mind was at ease knowing that the children were safe. b. Freedom from constraint or embarrassment; naturalness. See synonyms at rest1.

3.

a. Freedom from difficulty, hardship, or effort: rose through the ranks with apparent ease. b. Readiness or dexterity in performance; facility: She practiced until she could play the sonata with ease.

Freedom from pain, worry, or agitation:Freedom from constraint or embarrassment; naturalness. See synonyms atFreedom from difficulty, hardship, or effort:Readiness or dexterity in performance; facility:

4. Freedom from financial difficulty; affluence: a life of luxury and ease.

5. A state of rest, relaxation, or leisure: He took his ease by the swimming pool.

verb

eased, easing, eases

 

verb

, transitive

1.

To free from pain, worry, or agitation: He eased his conscience by returning the stolen money.

2.

a. To lessen the discomfort or pain of: She shifted position so as to ease her back. b. To alleviate; assuage: prescribed a drug to ease the pain.

To lessen the discomfort or pain of:To alleviate; assuage:

3. To give respite from: eased the burden on her staff by hiring temporary help.

4. To slacken the strain, pressure, or tension of; loosen: ease off a cable.

5. To reduce the difficulty or trouble of: ease credit terms; eased the entrance requirements.

6. To move or maneuver slowly and carefully: eased the car into a narrow space; eased the director out of office.

verb

, intransitive

1.

To lessen, as in discomfort, pressure, or stress: pain that never eased.

2.

To move or proceed with little effort: eased through life doing as little as possible.

idiom.

at ease

1.

In a relaxed position, especially standing silently at rest with the right foot stationary: put the soldiers at ease while waiting for inspection.

2.

Used as a command for troops to assume a relaxed position.

 

 

[Middle English ese, from Old French aise, perhaps from Latin adiacēns, lying near. See

adjacent.]