convenience
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++con·ve·ni·ence /kənˈviːniəns/ ●●○ noun 1 [uncountable]CONVENIENT the quality of being suitable or useful for a particular purpose, especially by making something easier or saving you time 方便，便利；合宜 Ready meals sell well because of their convenience. 即食餐因为方便销路好。the convenience of doing something Most of us like the convenience of using credit cards to buy things. 我们大多数人都喜欢使用信用卡购物的便利。for convenience For convenience, the German translation is printed below. 为方便起见，德语译文印在下面。2 [uncountable]CONVENIENT what is easiest and best for a particular person 〔个人的〕便利；自在，舒适at somebody’s convenience (=at a time that is best and easiest for someone) 在某人方便时 These meals can be prepared in advance, and served at your convenience. 这些饭菜可以预先准备好，在你方便时端上来吃。for somebody’s convenience For your convenience, the bank is open until 7 p.m. 为了方便大家，本银行营业到晚上七点。 Services should be run to suit the convenience of the customer, not the staff. 服务的安排应该方便客户，而不是员工。3 [countable]USEFUL something that is useful because it saves you time or means that you have less work to do 便利措施；带来方便的装置 The supermarket offers a bag-packing service, as a convenience to customers. 为方便顾客，这家超级市场提供装袋服务。 a hotel with all the modern conveniences 一家配有各种现代化便利设施的宾馆4 at your earliest convenience formalTCMSOON as soon as possible – used in letters 尽快〔书信用语〕 We should be grateful if you would reply at your earliest convenience. 如蒙速复，不胜感激。5. [countable usually plural] (also public convenience) formalTOILET a public toilet 公共厕所6 a marriage of convenience SSFMARRYa marriage that has been agreed for a particular purpose, not because the two people love each other 基于利害关系的婚姻，权宜婚姻 In the past most royal marriages were marriages of convenience, arranged for political reasons. 过去大部分的皇室婚姻都是基于政治因素的权宜婚姻。Examples from the Corpus
convenience• They selected 166 convenience foods for cost comparisons with home prepared counterparts.• He sits in front of a convenience store and asks customers for quarters.• The new Accord station wagon offers safety and convenience.• Some people might be tempted by convenience.• The D metric is a computational convenience.• In these experiments, humans were used for convenience, because they're good at following directions.• No inmate, however, was to be confined at night without being provided with a bed and other conveniences.• Being able to pay bills over the Internet is a real convenience.• People are willing to pay higher rent for the convenience of living near mass transit.• The convenience of the high trees!the convenience of doing something• Helping me in my mission is the convenience of central Antwerp.• In short, if you are in the hospital for the convenience of the staff, be a good patient.• Likewise with the convenience of a Cue Cat.• Lloyds too is a substantial merchant acquirer and was the first to offer the convenience of processing both Visa and Mastercard vouchers.• Or the convenience of an importer's warehouse in Essex.• She caused a few titters when she said she'd held the court in the church for the convenience of all parties.• That is for the convenience of visitors.• The many dioramas have steps in front of them for the convenience of youngsters.suit the convenience of• Services should be run to suit the convenience of customers, not of staff.modern conveniences• Contrary to modem popular opinion these were splendid ships with excellent accommodation and many modern conveniences for both crew and passengers.• Like Povoado de Jose Valerio, most of the villages know no modern conveniences.• The lack of modern conveniences does not reflect an unusual form of asceticism.• In this process, the use of modern conveniences, techniques, when required, are not denied.• The nuns do not, as a matter of religious conviction, use such modern conveniences, but city bureaucrats were implacable.• We can accommodate anywhere from 20 to more than 300 people, with all the modern conveniences.• I don't want to give up modern conveniences such as my computer or garage door opener.From Longman Business Dictionaryconveniencecon‧ve‧ni‧ence /kənˈviːniəns/ adjective convenience foods/meals/goods food products that are made and packed in a way that makes them very quick and easy to usethe growth in sales of frozen convenience meals → see also flag of conveniencecon·ve·ni·ence nounChineseSyllable
being suitable the or quality Corpus of Business
convenience
con‧ve‧ni‧ence /kənˈviːniəns/
noun
Ready meals sell well because of their convenience.
the convenience of doing something
Most of us like the convenience of using credit cards to buy things.
for convenience
For convenience, the German translation is printed below.
2. [uncountable] what is easiest and best for a particular person
at sb’s convenience (=at a time that is best and easiest for someone)
These meals can be prepared in advance, and served at your convenience.
for sb’s convenience
For your convenience, the bank is open until 7 p.m.
Services should be run to suit the convenience of the customer, not the staff.
3. [countable] something that is useful because it saves you time or means that you have less work to do:
The supermarket offers a bag-packing service, as a convenience to customers.
a hotel with all the modern conveniences
4. at your earliest convenience formal as soon as possible – used in letters:
We should be grateful if you would reply at your earliest convenience.
5. [countable usually plural] (also public convenience) formal a public toilet
6. a marriage of convenience a marriage that has been agreed for a particular purpose, not because the two people love each other:
In the past most royal marriages were marriages of convenience, arranged for political reasons.
con‧ve‧ni‧ence /kənˈviːniəns/
noun Word Family: verb: inconvenience; noun: convenience ≠ inconvenience; adverb: conveniently ≠ inconveniently; adjective: convenient ≠ inconvenient
1. [uncountable] the quality of being suitable or useful for a particular purpose, especially by making something easier or saving you time: the convenience of doing something
for convenience
2. [uncountable] what is easiest and best for a particular person
at sb’s convenience (=at a time that is best and easiest for someone)
for sb’s convenience
3. [countable] something that is useful because it saves you time or means that you have less work to do:
4. at your earliest convenience formal as soon as possible – used in letters:
5. [countable usually plural] (also public convenience) formal a public toilet
6. a marriage of convenience a marriage that has been agreed for a particular purpose, not because the two people love each other:
