At ease

昨天談到動詞ease常見又好用，一定要學。今天說一下名詞ease又怎樣用。

名詞ease要配合介詞造句，常用有at ease、with ease、for ease of something，均較正式（formal），書面可用。

At ease解「安心自在」，不緊張、不尷尬。相反，可以用ill at ease。例句：The doctor soon put my son at ease.（醫生很快就使我的小孩情緒放鬆了。）She was ill at ease when she met her ex-boyfriend.（她遇見前男友時，感到不自在。）

With ease即是「不費力、輕易、從容地」，例句：He is clever and attentive at class so he always passes exams with ease.（他不但聰明，而且上課專心，所以他總是輕而易舉地通過考試。）

For ease of something則解「為了便於……」，例句：All important points have been highlighted for your ease of reference.（所有重點已經用熒光筆標出，以方便你參考。）