英 [dɪˈzaɪərəb(ə)l] 美 [dɪˈzaɪərəb(ə)l]
adj. 令人向往的，值得拥有的；可取的；性感的
n. 称心合意的人（或物），好的品质
复数desirables
比较级more desirable
最高级most desirable
desirable /dɪˈzaɪərəbəl/ CET4 TEM4
形容词 Something that is desirable is worth having or doing because it is useful, necessary, or popular. 值得拥有的; 值得做的
Prolonged negotiation was not desirable.
拖得很长的谈判是不受欢迎的。
不可数名词 可取性
...the desirability of democratic reform.
…民主改革的可取性。
形容词 Someone who is desirable is considered to be sexually attractive. 性感的
...the young women of his own age whom his classmates thought most desirable.
…与他同龄的、在他的同学们看来最性感的年轻女子。
不可数名词 性感
He had not at all overrated Veronica's desirability.
他丝毫没有高估韦罗妮卡的性感。
欲望化-引用次数：3
The developmentism grew into the strong discourse as the market economy and the construction of the modernization in china upsurged gradually from the 1990’s. Desirable and consumerism writing became fashionable in the cultural areas.
二十世纪九十年代以来,中国的市场经济和现代化建设渐入高潮,发展主义成为强势话语。 在文化领域,欲望化与消费主义渐成时尚。
参考来源现代忧思与乡土回望
合意的（Desirable） 这是指每个角度都得有用。你的电子邮件发给的收件人达到了合意性了吗？
... 满足需要的 desirable 满足我需要的父 Marie Jeanne 满足人民需要 satisfy the people's needs ...
...才能决定：那美好的信念只不过是内心捏造出来的一个想法而已。当你以为它是美好的时候，你会觉得它是值得要的、可取的（desirable）；当你如实地知道它并非美好时，就不会想要它了，那就是矫正错觉或错误想法的方式。
... descend下降 desirable合适的 detail细节，详情 ...
令人满意的；值得要的
It is desirable that interest rates be reduced.
利率下调是可取的。
It is desirable that interest rates should be reduced.
利率下调是可取的。
The house has many desirable features.
这栋房子有许多吸引人的特点。
"Friendship,position,wealth everything that makes life desirable to an ambitious man were about to be swept away by my answer."
VOA : special.2010.01.28
So perhaps the best form of life would be not immortality; I think that would be not particularly desirable.
所以生命的最好形式,并不是永生;,那并非十分诱人。
死亡课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
And also if you have a surplus, and that's a desirable thing to do, you can sell it.
同时如果你还有剩余,这是很理想的情况,你可以卖掉它们
古希腊历史简介课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
They are left to grow naturally so the most desirable roots -- those most similar to wild ginseng -- are produced.
VOA : special.2009.04.07
He thought that it would lessen the fears of white men that white women would find Robinson desirable.
VOA : special.2009.04.05
Is it desirable that the President of the United States should believe in God?
When these processes are perfected, voice recognition technology could be easier, faster and more desirable.
This is probably the least desirable of all the options, as it is the most costly.