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词:desirable

英英释义:worth having and wanted by most people

例句:Hainan is a desirable place for many northeasterners to visit during the winter months.

2. 为什么选这个词?

“desirable”是“desire”的形容词形式,意思是“值得拥有的” “理想的”,是一个口语和写作中都能用到的高频词汇。我们想表示“一份好工作”“一个好结果”时,除了可以用最常见的 good 外,还可以用 desirable,比如“a desirable job/outcome”。

每年要过年的时候,许多东北人都会去海南省避冬,我就可以说:

Hainan is a desirable place for many northeasterners to visit during the winter months.

美国畅销书作者马尔科姆•格拉德威尔在 David and Goliath 中提到过一个概念,叫“desirable difficulty”,有些困难和障碍其实是可以帮助我们成长的,正如孟子所说:“天将降大任于斯人也,必先苦其心志,饿其体肤……”我们可以总结书中的话来解释这个概念,比如:

The idea of “desirable difficulty” suggests that not all difficulties are negative. Some difficulties turn out to be desirable.

《经济学人》在 2018 圣诞特刊中就有这样一段话用到了 desirable:

The mainstream view is that desirable men are gao-fu-shuai—tall, rich and handsome. And the ideal woman is bai-fu-mei—pale-skinned, rich and beautiful.

desirbale 和 ideal 在这里意思相近,都可以理解为“理想的”,可以放在一起记忆。

3. 怎样学会使用这个词?

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

2)翻译下面的句子:

这个解决方案理论上来说非常可取,不过实际操作起来困难重重。

The solution is desirable in theory but difficulty in reality.

(参考翻译:The solution is highly desirable in theory but problematic in reality.)

2. There are much undesirable,such as the pollution of environment.

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