late 15c., "easy to do," from Middle French facile "easy," from Latin facilis "easy to do" and, of persons, "pliant, courteous, yielding," from facere "to do" (see factitious). Usually now with depreciatory implication. Of persons, "easily led," from 1510s.
双语例句
1. The subject of racism is admittedly too complex for facile summarization.
无可否认，种族主义这个话题太过复杂，不可能一言蔽之。
来自柯林斯例句
2. That is only a facile answer.
那只是一个很肤浅的回答.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
3. She has a facile tongue.
她口齿流利.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
4. In this special field she is facile princeps, and has left all competitors behind.