OALD8C@facility

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- N. o8 t& l( q+ l4 z. N6 K# R, P牛高8对facility给出的第二个解释是：
[countable ] a special feature of a machine, service, etc. that makes it possible to do sth extra （机器等的）特别装置；（服务等的）特色
◆ a bank account with an overdraft facility 提供透支服务的银行账户
7 i8 U% [. C* Z$ B$ T% g, z◆ a facility for checking spelling 检查拼写的设备

牛高8对feature的解释：
4 G, e! p, l% x0 C, @something important, interesting or typical of a place or thing 特色；特征；特点
那么，facility在上面为什么要翻译成“装置”或“设备”呢？而且，检查拼写的设备应该更是错误的。
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https://books.google.com/books?i ... ling%22&f=false

Writing Tools
7 q+ u9 D! O, N) ]' \5 s, pMost word-processing programs include a facility for checking spelling. It checks every word you have typed against a dictionary built into the program.
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https://quizlet.com/164869038/new-words-unit3-flash-cards/
e.g.
-a bank account with an overdraft facility
  o# V  z! N; W9 y. V-a facility for checking spelling
-This facility allows the user to input text in various forms onto the screen and thus create a true newspaper page.
从上面看，facility明显是“功能”或“特征”的意思。
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- N& J" x& h) e9 r! h, Q6 K-- Opportunities, favourable conditions, for the easier performance of any action. spec. (orig. U.S.), the physical means for doing something; （方便的机会，条件，物理手段）
-- freq. with qualifying word, e.g. educational facility, postal facility, retail facilities; （加修饰语的“便利/服务设施”）
-- also in sing. of a specified amenity, service, etc.
ODE对amenity的解释：a useful or desirable feature of a building or place （仍然是feature）
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一家之言。
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) E" E7 _0 C- {+ u- P另外，查credit facility时，或facility单独使用时（相对银行来说），就是贷款或信贷服务。开头牛高8针对银行的那个例句，翻译成透支服务”，如果从理解角度讲，仍然以“功能”理解为佳，当然对于普通读者，也就是“服务”的意思。

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4 A- O* h- N( X2楼说的有一定道理。
/ E* \; {3 S) K" P4 x$ b; O7 c又看了一遍几个词典：
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LDOCE: a special part of a piece of equipment or a system which makes it possible to do something = part

MED: a special feature of a particular tool, system etc = feature

Collins COBUILD: A facility is something such as an additional service provided by an organization or an extra feature on a machine which is useful but not essential. = service, feature

; z! C# v$ V$ t3 pODE: a service offered by an organization, or a feature of a piece of equipment, which gives the opportunity to do or benefit from something = service, feature

如果不考虑建筑和设施那个义项，仅分析这个义项，大多表示抽象含义的“特征”、“服务”或“部分”（包括设备或系统的一部分）。
. S2 E8 B, I7 f$ {我就是担心，我们那么多人非常依赖和信赖OALDC，如果出现翻译不准确的地方，岂不是影响太不好了。
仍然是个人管见。
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牛津外研社英汉汉英词典：

SAP

上下文很重要，还有就是这个词应用的惯例。很多时候还是透露了那个行业和文化背景的常识。几本词典对比着看理解会更透彻一下。