2019-01-02 sought-after

1. 这是什么词？

词：sought-after

英英释义：wanted by many people but not easy to get

例句：Yeezy sneakers are one of the most sought-after footwear in the world.

2. 为什么选这个词？

“sought-after”是个形容词，来自动词短语 “seek after”，它的意思和我们前一天学的 desirable 差不多，表示“受欢迎的”。常常是由于稀少或优质而备受欢迎，这个词经常可以在介绍某人和某物时见到。

侃爷（Kanye West）和阿迪达斯合作的潮流品牌“椰子鞋”（Yeezy）备受追捧，在许多国家都卖的很火。我们可以说：

Yeezy sneakers are one of the most sought-after footwear in the world.

NPR 电台的主持人 Guy Raz 在今年成为了播客历史上第一个在 Apple Podcast 前 20 排行榜上同时拥有三个电台节目的主持人。我们在介绍他的时候就可以说：

Guy Raz is a much sought-after podcaster. He is the only person to ever have three shows simultaneously in Apple’s top 20 podcasts.

《经济学人》中也经常用到 sought-after，比如提到人才时它说：

Talent has become the world's most sought-after commodity, says Adrian Wooldridge.

在提到智利的移民政策时，它说：

Decisions will be made based on a points system, which favours those with sought-after skills and education.

这句话套用在其他移民国家也非常准确，比如美国、加拿大、澳大利亚和新西兰。

3. 怎样学会使用这个词？

1）翻译下面的句子：

《经济学人》已经成为了备受中国英语学习者追捧的阅读材料。

The Economist has become the most sought-after reading material among Chinese English language learners.

（参考翻译：The Economist has become the most sought-after reading material among Chinese English language learners. ）

2）结合自己的生活、学习、工作、兴趣等，想象在什么语境下会用到这个表达。先简要描述这个场景，再造句。

例子： 各国的税收

场景 ：Countries must overhaul their tax system to make them fit the 21st century. Today’s tax systems are not only marred by the bewildering complexity and loopholes that have always afflicted taxation; they are also outdated. That makes them less efficient, more unfair and more likely to conflict with a government’s priorities. The world needs to remake tax systems so that they are fit for the21st century. Jean-Baptiste Colbert, the finance minister of LouisXIV of France, famously compared the art of raising tax to “plucking the goose so as to obtain the largest possible amount of feathers with the smallest possible amount of hissing”. As in most countries the art of plucking has failed,only fundamental tax reform can boost growth and make societies fairer whatever the share of GDP a government takes in tax. Rich countries may design a much sought-after system: taxes should target rents, preserve incentives and be hard to avoid.