词：laudable
英英释义：(of actions and behaviour) deserving praise, even if there is little or no success
例句：The intention is laudable, but the result （is） lamentable.
=praiseworthy
1）Much of this is laudable in principle. In practice, there is a risk that the salary cuts deprive AMLO of the necessary expertise to run a complex state.（注意这句中 in principle 和 in practice 是反义词，意思分别是“原则上/理论上”、“实际上”）
2）Digitization is meant to preserve books and expand the number of people with access to them, a laudable goal.
3）Its aims are laudable but implementation is proving a nightmare.（这句话值得我们背下来）
1）翻译下面的句子：
尽管目的值得称赞，但是他为达目的采用的手段并不正当。
Despite the laudable aim, his approach to achieve this goal is unjustifiable/inappropriate.
（Although the ends are laudable, his means are questionable.）
造句：
仅仅是为穷人最大化利益这一个值得称赞的理由并不能作为政府侵犯富人的私有财产的有效辩护。
To maximize the poor‘s interests alone, a laudable end, cannot server as a sustainable defense for the government's infringement of the rich's private property.
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