BEC 商务英语 近义词辨析

近义词辨析 1 facility, plant, works, function Facility 指“能够或易于做某事的环境、设备等”；plant等同于factory，意为“工厂、车间”, 多用于美语，尤为工业加工者；works指“较大的建筑物群及其机器设备，一般并不生产成品”， 如：a gasworks煤气厂, an ironworks钢铁厂；function 指“重大的社交聚会、宴会”。 E.g. An £80-million telephone banking center is to open in Scotland, with the creation of about 500 new jobs. Grand Union Group, which owns the Dundee and Western Bank, said today it hopes to have the facility fully operational by next August. 2 facility, amenity, comforts, infrastructure Facility 指“