desirable

英 [dɪˈzaɪərəbl]

美 [dɪˈzaɪərəbl]

adj.  向往的; 可取的; 值得拥有的; 值得做的; 引起性欲的; 性感的
n.  称心如意的人[东西]

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牛津词典

adj.

• 想望的；可取的；值得拥有的；值得做的
  that you would like to have or do; worth having or doing
  1. It is desirable that interest rates should be reduced.
     利率下调是可取的。
  2. It is desirable that interest rates be reduced.
     利率下调是可取的。
  3. highly desirable
     非常可取
  4. The house has many desirable features.
     这栋房子有许多吸引人的特点。
  5. It is no longer desirable for adult children to live with their parents.
     孩子长大成人后便不再想与父母住在一起了。
  6. She chatted for a few minutes about the qualities she considered desirable in a secretary.
     她随便谈了谈她认为一个秘书应有的品质。
  7. Such measures are desirable, if not essential.
     这些措施即使不是必要，也是可取的。
• 引起性欲的；性感的
  causing other people to feel sexual desire

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 值得想望（或拥有）的;合意的;可取的;受欢迎的
  Something that isdesirableis worth having or doing because it is useful, necessary, or popular.
  1. Prolonged negotiation was not desirable...
     拖长了的谈判并不是大家所想要的。
  2. The crowd moved indoors for what were deemed the most desirable items.
     人群为了被视为最值得拥有的物品涌入屋里。
• ADJ-GRADED 性感的;可人的
  Someone who isdesirableis considered to be sexually attractive.
  1. ...the young women whom his classmates thought most desirable.
     他的同班同学认为最性感的年轻女子

英英释义

adj

• worth having or seeking or achieving
  1. a desirable job
  2. computer with many desirable features
  3. a desirable outcome
• worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse
  1. the parents found the girl suitable for their son
  Synonym:suitableworthy

双语例句

• If we love one another I want to be with you always too-is very desirable to me too.
  如果我们彼此相爱，那么我想和你总是在一起&我也非常渴望。
• The great communicability of whooping cough, males it desirable to isolate the patient for four to six weeks.
  百日咳有强烈的传染性，因此最好将患者隔离4～6周。
• Rolls Royce produces around 1,000 extremely desirable cars a year.
  劳斯莱斯公司每年生产约1,000辆非常吸引人的汽车。
• There is nothing desirable in his suggestion.
  他的意见不可取。
• The main aim of inbreeding is to standardise, to fix desirable inherited characteristics and to dispel undesirable ones.
  同系交配的主要目的就是实现标准化，保持理想的遗传特性，并消除不良的特性。
• This may not be entirely desirable.
  这种现象也许不是完全可取的。
• Close collaboration between the Bank and the Fund is not merely desirable, it is essential.
  银行与基金会的紧密合作不仅可取，而且必不可少。
• The most desirable properties necessarily command astonishingly high prices
  最值得拥有的财产必然要价不菲。
• If this is not desirable, we can pass constructor arguments to the non-terminal.
  如果这不是我们想要的，我们可以把构造函数的参数传给非终结符。
• Many economists believe this is desirable.
  许多经济学家认为这是可取的。