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  1. 这是什么词?

词:bearable

英英释义:If an unpleasant situation is bearable, you can accept or deal with it

例句:Love makes life more bearable.

  1. 为什么选这个词?

“bearable”是动词“bear”的形容词形式,意思是“可忍受的”,我们在口语和写作中都能用上它。比如想表达“人生不易,还好我们有爱情”这层意思,我们就可以说:

Love makes life more bearable.

我们想说某个人物、情况虽然不尽人意,但是还尚可,就可以用到 bearable。冬天很冷,不过和朋友一起吃顿火锅可以让冬天觉得好过一些,这时我们就可以说:

Having hot pot with friends makes the harsh winter more bearable, if not enjoyable.

场景:听音乐让偶然无聊的人觉得不那么无聊。
造句:Listening to music makes boring evenings bearable for those who feel boered from time to time.

《经济学人》在一篇讨论自杀的文章中也用到了 bearable:

As people move to cities and the grip of tradition loosens, women have more choice about whom they marry or live with, making life more bearable.

这段话大概是说,女性对婚恋有了更多选择,这使得她们的生活还过得去。

在一篇讨论异地婚姻的文章中也用到了 bearable:

Technological change has made living separate lives more bearable, and has thus probably contributed to long-distance marriage becoming more common.

当我们想表示“科技让异地恋不再那么难熬”时,就可以套用这个句型说成:

Technology has made long-distance relationships more bearable.

bearable 的反义词是“unbearable”也很常见,比如米兰昆德拉的小说《不能承受的生命之轻》的英文名字就是 The Unbearable Lightness of Being。

  1. 怎样学会使用这个词?

1)使用《牛津英语搭配词典》查“bearable”,了解它作为形容词时的常用搭配。

2)翻译下面的句子:

幽默让痛苦不再那么难熬。

(参考翻译:Humor can make pain more bearable. 或者

Humor makes the unbearable bearable.
场景:听音乐让偶然无聊的人觉得不那么无聊。
造句:Listening to music makes boring evenings bearable for those who feel boered from time to time.

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