Word · CEFR A2 · Frequency #3494
convenient
方便；便利
Suitable for your needs or purpose; causing little difficulty.
- 1.
Serving to reduce a difficulty, or accessible with minimum difficulty; expedient.
有助于减少困难或极易获得的；方便的。
- 2.
suited to your comfort or purpose or needs
方便的
- 3.
Suspicious due to suiting someone's purposes very well.
因过于适合某人的目的而令人怀疑的。
- 4.
large and roomy (`convenient' is archaic in this sense)
宽敞的(此义已过时)
可疑的；蹊跷的；宽敞的；宽大的；有助于减少困难或极易获得的；方便的。；方便的；因过于适合某人的目的而令人怀疑的。
In use
The new subway station is very convenient for commuting to work.
Would this Friday be convenient for you to meet?
Online shopping is convenient because you can buy things from home.
a convenient excuse for not going
it be convenient (for sb) to do sth
常用 it 作形式主语，真正的主语是不定式短语。
It is convenient for me to meet you at the station.
在车站见你对我来说很方便。
be convenient for sb/sth
通常指地点、时间等对某人或某事物方便。
This bus stop is convenient for the museum.
这个公交站去博物馆很方便。
Connections
Collocations
- convenient location
- 方便的位置
- The hotel is in a convenient location near the airport.这家旅馆位于靠近机场的方便位置。
- convenient time
- 方便的时间
- Please let me know a convenient time for the meeting.请告诉我一个方便的会议时间。
- convenient store
- 便利店
- There is a convenient store around the corner.拐角处有一家便利店。
- convenient way
- 方便的方式
- This is the most convenient way to get downtown.这是去市中心最方便的方式。
- convenient method
- 方便的方法
- Online payment is a convenient method to pay bills.在线支付是一种方便的付款方式。
- convenient access
Learner notes
Memory Tip
将convenient拆成con（一起）+ven（来）+ient，记作'大家一起来，很方便'。
Context & Register
通常用于日常生活、工作学习等方便实用的场景，语域偏中性。
Grammar Note
常与介词 for 或 to 连用，描述某事物对某人方便或易于进行。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words share the spelling '-ient' but do not rhyme with 'convenient' because their stressed vowels and consonant sounds differ.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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