OALD8C@facility

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4 M1 G, c; h, H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
6 \% I2 ^( K; N' s3 y9 J* T9 i◆ a facility for checking spelling 检查拼写的设备

( `& e$ o$ w8 u1 J/ G牛高8对feature的解释：
  P; |9 n) K( `, P" t5 }9 fsomething important, interesting or typical of a place or thing 特色；特征；特点
" T+ T: `4 p; l* k9 y( _2 K$ h( |& B6 [, o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

  L) U* d# a) RWriting Tools
Most 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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/ l  P+ a7 L9 @0 m-a bank account with an overdraft facility
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, h( o- x: B7 U# L9 Q-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。

牛津词典：
* o! O( j2 p* w2 M) _-- 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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, [! X. T4 o+ h% R$ Y" y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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2楼说的有一定道理。
3 f8 [  X2 L; j6 ]; y又看了一遍几个词典：
facility:
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

, u8 X+ f8 h* K6 x3 t& nCollins 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

ODE: 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

- R+ o! r; x# l1 N' x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）。
8 \8 _; r8 d3 Q6 \  o6 ?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：

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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。