desirable
【英英释义】
adj.1. something is desirable is worth having or doing because it is useful, necessary, or popular. 值得想望或拥有的,合意的,可取的,受欢迎的 desirability
2. someone who is desirable is considered to be sexually attractive. 性感的,可人的 desirability
worth having and wanted by most people.
【词义深度解析】
desirable是“值得想望的”,与desirous不同,desirous的“想望的”。例:When I told him I was desirous of going to the seaside, he said it was not desirable in that cold weather.
It is desirable that……句式里用should或虚拟现在式。例:
It is desirable that he should take charge of the class. 他来管理这个班级是理想的/备受欢迎的。或It is desirable that he take(不用takes)charge of the class.
desirable可以替代good。
【例句学习】
1. Hainan is a desirable place for many northeasterners to visit during the winter months.
2. The idea of "desirable difficulty" suggests that not all difficulties are negative. Some difficulties turn out to be desirable.
desirable difficulty的概念是美国畅销书作者马尔科姆·格拉德威尔在David and Goliat中提到的一个概念,即有些困难和障碍可以帮助我们成长,与孟子所说“天将降大任于斯人也,必先苦其心志,饿其体肤,空乏其身,行弗乱其所为……”。
3. 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. desirable这里和ideal意思相近,可以理解为“理想的”。
【词汇运用】
1.搭配:
verb: be/seem/become desirable 理想/看上去合意/变得合意
consider sth, deem sth, feel sth, regard/see/view sth as, think sth desirable 认为理想,感觉合意,认为合意
adv: eminently(放在褒义词前表示强调,极其)/extremely/highly/very desirable 特别理想/特别合意/非常合意/非常理想
wholly/clearly/obviously desirable 完全合意/明显合意/显然称心
inherently/theoretically/economically/morally/politically/socially desirable 本质上令人满意/理论上可取/经济上理想/非常合乎道德/政治上有利/社交方面得体
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 theoretically desirable but difficult to carry out practically. (自己)
The solution is highly desirable in theory but problematic in reality. (参考翻译)
分析:参考翻译讲究了一种对称,desirable in theory but problematic in reality,简洁对仗优美。学习了。我的造句将to carry out去掉,似乎形式上也可达到对称,但含义稍差,因为in 短语更好地表达了表语的范围。
2.生活场景应用:
It is desirable that our country should be prosperous, strong, culturally advanced and harmonious.
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