釋義：worth having and wanted by most people
例① 每年要過年的時候，許多東北人都會去海南省避冬。
Hainan is a desirable place for many northeasterners to visit during the winter months.
例② 美國暢銷書作者馬爾科姆?格拉德威爾在 David and Goliath 中提到過壹個概念，叫“desirable difficulty”，有些困難和障礙其實是可以幫助我們成長的，正如孟子所說：“天將降大任於斯人也，必先苦其心誌，餓其體膚……”我們可以總結書中的話來解釋這個概念，比如：
The idea of “desirable difficulty” suggests that not all difficulties are negative. Some difficulties turn out to be desirable.
例③ 《經濟學人》在 2018 聖誕特刊中就有這樣壹段話用到了 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 在這裏意思相近，都可以理解為“理想的”，可以放在壹起記憶。
1. 使用《牛津英語搭配詞典》查 “desirable”，了解它作為形容詞時的常用搭配。
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 本質上令人滿意
2. 翻譯：這個解決方案理論上來說非常可取，不過實際操作起來困難重重。
This solution is highly desirable in theory but problematic in practice.
（參考翻譯：The solution is highly desirable in theory but problematic in reality.）
3. 造句練習
場景: 很多人認為理想的生活就是有錢有閑的生活。
造句: Many hold the opinion that a desirable life is with financial independence and freedom of spending? time.