音标：[fә'siliteit]
vt. 使容易, 促进, 帮助
【法】 使容易, 使便利, 推进
英汉词典

facilitate的短语、例句：

facilitate v[Tn] (fml 文) (of an object, a process, etc but not of a person) make (sth) easy or less difficult （指物体、 过程等, 但不用於指人）使（某事物）容易或减少困难
It would facilitate matters if you were more co-operative. 要是你再合作些就省事了.