fa‧cil‧i‧ty S2 W1 AC / fəsɪləti, fəsɪlɪti / 名词 ( 复数形式 facilities )

1 facilities [复数形式] rooms, equipment, or services that are provided for a particular purpose :

All rooms have private facilities (= private bathroom and toilet ) .

The hotel has its own pool and leisure facilities .

toilet facilities

childcare facilities

2 [可数名词，通常单数] a special part of a piece of equipment or a system which makes it possible to do something :

Is there a call-back facility on this phone?

a bank account with an overdraft facility

3 [可数名词] a place or building used for a particular activity or industry, or for providing a particular type of service :

a top-secret research facility

the finest indoor sports facility in the US

4 [单数形式] a natural ability to do something easily and well 同义词 talent

facility for

She has an amazing facility for languages.

5 the facilities American English spoken the toilet, used to be polite :

Excuse me, I have to use the facilities.

COLLOCATIONS

ADJECTIVES/NOUN + facilities

sports/sporting facilities Have you checked out the local sports facilities?

leisure/recreational facilities (= facilities for activities that you do for pleasure ) The leisure facilities include a sauna and a gym.

hotel facilities Make use of the hotel facilities, which are excellent.

parking facilities The building has parking facilities for twenty cars.

educational facilities We aim to improve the provision of educational facilities such as libraries.

training facilities The company plans to set up in-house training facilities.

computing facilities The department provides excellent computing facilities for students.

childcare facilities More women would work if there were better childcare facilities.

catering/restaurant/cooking facilities The rooms all have cooking facilities and a fridge.

communal facilities (= to be used by everyone who lives in a place ) Communal facilities at the campsite were well-maintained.

shared facilities (= facilities to be shared, especially bathrooms ) The less expensive rooms have shared facilities.

动词

provide facilities Recycling facilities are provided by the local council.

offer facilities A wide range of facilities is offered.

use the facilities Guests are welcome to use all the hotel’s facilities.

make use of the facilities We hope students make use of the new facilities.

facilities include something The centre’s facilities include an outdoor swimming pool.

短语

a range of facilities The range of facilities offered by this hotel is superb.