desirability

英 [dɪˌzaɪərəˈbɪlɪti]

美 [dɪˌzaɪrəˈbɪlɪti]

n.  愿望；有利条件；值得向往的事物；合意

复数：desirabilities　

经济

BNC.11789 / COCA.14608

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

noun

• attractiveness to the opposite sex
  Synonym:sex appealdesirablenessoomph
• the quality of being worthy of desiring
  Synonym:desirableness

双语例句

• They clearly thought he needed prodding on the desirability of relaxing tensions.
  他们显然认为，他需要力陈一下缓和紧张局势的好处。
• The estimates represent the relative desirability or preference of a level within the given criterion.
  估计在给定的标准里面表现一个水平的相对的愿望或偏爱。
• Observers thus differed concerning the social desirability of mechanization's effects, but they agreed that it would transform women's lives.
  因此，观察家有关机械化影响所产生的社会效果意见不一，但是他们却一致认为，机械化会改变妇女的生活。
• He was conscious of her desirability and warmth.
  他感觉得到她的性感和热情。
• The desirability of cooperative catalogues was seen by Jewett in the USA and the Kenyon Committee in britain.
  美国的朱厄特和英国的凯尼恩委员会早已看出了合作编目的必要性。
• Its desirability as building land.
  它作为建筑用地的可行性。
• Mel was conscious, as at other times, of her desirability and warmth.
  梅尔像往常一样，感到她的希求和温情。
• The strong, fruity fragrance and the lovely, fashionable colour add extra desirability to this versatile rose.
  强，果味香水和可爱的，时尚的颜色添加额外的可取性，这种多功能上升。
• Relationship between children's depression and children's social desirability
  儿童抑郁与儿童社会期望的相关研究
• The finding suggests that women, but not men, are influenced by social desirability concerns in what they were thinking or what they would admit to thinking.
  研究发现，在想法或者说是他们愿意承认的想法上，女人，而非男人，受到了社会意愿的影响。