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.

desirable的解释和相关用法及意义

desirable

英 [dɪˈzaɪərəbl]美 [dɪˈzaɪrəbəl]

adj.令人满意的;值得拥有的;可取的;性感的

n.称心如意的人[东西]

复数:desirables  

satisfactory和desirable都表示令人满意的，用法有区别么？

satisfactory:

Giving satisfaction sufficient to meet a demand or requirement; adequate. 强调的是满足预期、满足要求。同意词有“acceptable”。它只是可以接受，并没有超出预期。

来源是satisfy。使满意，使认可。可以看出来是一种对结果的评估。

desirable:

1. Worth having or seeking, as by being useful, advantageous, or pleasing。

2. Worth doing or achieving; advisable: a desirable reform; a desirable outcome.

这里两重意思，一个是值得拥有，一个是值得去追寻。

来源是desire。渴望。可以看出来是一种强烈的愿望，内心的期待。

每日一词 | desirable

词：desirable 

英英释义：worth having and wanted by most people 

“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”。 让我想到 decent

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 north easterners to visit during the winter months. 

Foreign countries, such as America, The United Kingdom and Australia are desirable places for many Chinese tourists to visit during the high seasons in China.

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。 

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。

be, seem, become ～ 

.eminently, extremely, highly, very ～ 特别理想；特别合意；非常合意；非常理想:

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。 

The solution project is theoretically desirable but is practically difficult.

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

造句：

情景：在中国旅游旺季时，人们更加愿意去国外旅游。

Foreign countries, such as America, The United Kingdom and Australia are desirable places for many Chinese tourists to visit during the high seasons in China.

一日一词：渴求DESIRABLE

DESIRABLE

1.   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。 

个人拓展：

释义：something that is desirable has qualities that make you want it

搭配：be /seem a highly/ very desirable location/ job/ outcome/ partner/ man/ woman/ feature/ apartment

It is highly/ hardly desirable for **/sth to do sth

//regard/ feel/see /think sth as desirable

背诵：

The main stream 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. 

Good pay and interesting work make this a very desirable job.

A good heart is, I believe, much more desirable than education or brains.   —L. Frank Baum