facilitate /fa'siliteit; fa'sib/tet/ vt [VP6A] (of an object, process) make easy; lessen the difficulty of: (指物件、方式) 使容易; 使便利; 減輕…的困難： Modern inventions have ~d housework. 現(xiàn)代的發(fā)明物使家事的操作便利了。 (Note: ~ is never used when the subject is a person). (注意：~不可用人做主詞) 。