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be a cakewalk
名词用法（易事）：非正式，表示某事轻而易举。
The final exam was a cakewalk.
期末考试简单极了。
易事；轻而易举的事
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
易事；轻而易举的事
an easy task; something easily accomplished
The final exam was a cakewalk.
期末考试简单极了。
与这种比赛相关的音乐风格。
The style of music associated with such a contest.
与这种比赛相关的舞蹈或高视阔步的舞蹈风格。
The dance, or strutting style of dance, associated with such a contest.
After all those advanced classes, the basic test was a cakewalk for her.
在修完那些高级课程之后，对她来说这次基础测试简直是小菜一碟。
Setting up the tent is a cakewalk if you follow the instructions carefully.
如果仔细按照说明操作，搭帐篷就是件轻而易举的事。
The first level of the video game is a cakewalk, but the later levels get much harder.
这个视频游戏的第一关很容易，但后面的关卡会难得多。
名词用法（易事）：非正式，表示某事轻而易举。
The final exam was a cakewalk.
期末考试简单极了。
名词用法（易事）：find + 宾语 + a cakewalk 表示“认为……很容易”。
She finds the new software a cakewalk.
她觉得这个新软件用起来易如反掌。
名词用法（舞蹈）：the cakewalk 指一种源于美国的舞蹈。
They did the cakewalk at the party.
他们在聚会上跳了阔步舞。
动词用法：不及物动词，常接地点或方向状语。
The dancers cakewalked across the stage.
舞者们跳着阔步舞穿过舞台。
Not this
The test was cakewalk.
Use this
The test was a cakewalk.
cakewalk 作“轻而易举的事”讲是可数名词，单数前需要加不定冠词 a；汉语没有冠词，所以学习者容易漏掉 a。
Not this
He won the match with a cakewalk.
Use this
He won the match in a cakewalk.
表示“轻松获胜”的固定搭配是 in a cakewalk，介词用 in 而不是 with；这受汉语“用/以……”表达习惯的影响。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
是轻而易举的事
The exam was a cakewalk for her.
这次考试对她来说是轻而易举的事。
绝非易事
Learning a foreign language is no cakewalk.
学一门外语绝非易事。
看起来轻而易举
The puzzle looks like a cakewalk, but it took me hours.
这个谜题看起来轻而易举，却花了我好几个小时。
使某事变得轻而易举
Her preparation made the presentation a cakewalk.
她的准备使这次演示变得轻而易举。
轻而易举地获胜
The team won the championship in a cakewalk.
该队轻而易举地赢得了冠军。
轻而易举的事；小菜一碟
The final exam was a cakewalk for him.
期末考试对他来说小菜一碟。
绝非易事；不轻松的事
Getting the project approved was no cakewalk.
让这个项目获批绝非易事。
轻松通往胜利的举动
The team's playoff run was a cakewalk to victory.
这支球队的季后赛之旅是轻松通往胜利的。
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把 cake（蛋糕）和 walk（走）连起来想：像去拿蛋糕那样轻松走一圈，就成了“轻而易举的事”。
语域：informal 常见场景：口语、非正式场合、评论任务难度 在非正式口语中，cakewalk 常用来形容某事非常容易，多用于日常会话或轻松评论，如说某考试或任务‘小菜一碟’。正式场合较少见。
这些词都以 /ɒːk/ 音结尾，与 cakewalk 中 -walk 的读音 /wɒːk/ 相同（元音和尾辅音一致），因此押韵。注意 cakewalk 开头的 cake 拼写像 cake，但读音为 /keɪk/，与这些词不押韵。
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