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01.01每日一词desirable

desirable adj.

释义:worth having and wanted by most people

例① 每年要过年的时候,许多东北人都会去海南省避冬。

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

例② 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.

例③ 《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。

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。

consider sth, deem sth, feel sth, regard/see/ view sth as, think sth

This kind of work is seen as desirable.

eminently, extremely, wholly, highly? Experience of computers is highly desirable.

inherently desirable 本质上令人满意

2. 翻译: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。

This solution is highly desirable in theory but problematic in practice.

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

3. 造句练习

场景: 很多人认为理想的生活就是有钱有闲的生活。

造句: Many hold the opinion that a desirable life is with financial independence and freedom of spending? time.