2018-12-31 problematic

1. 这是什么词？

词：problematic

英英释义：involving problems and difficult to deal with

例句：Driving in Beijing can be quite problematic.

2. 为什么选这个词？

我们都熟悉“problem”是“问题”的意思，它的形容词形式 problematic 其实也很常见。Problematic 的字面意思是“有问题的”，不过常常可以在不同场景中灵活翻译，比如“困难重重” “难以处理”，是一个我们熟悉但是想不起来用的小词。

在北京开车很容易出现各种各样的问题，比如交通堵塞、停车等，我们这时就可以用 problematic 来吐槽：

Driving in Beijing can be quite problematic.

对许多学习者来说，最大的语言问题是词汇量不足。这时我们就可以说：

Acquiring an adequate vocabulary has been highly problematic for most learners.

某个问题依然存在，我们除了用“remain a problem”外，还可以用 remain problematic，比如共享出行依然有许多问题：

Ride-sharing services remain problematic.

《经济学人》中也会经常出现 problematic，比如在提到中国的人口政策时，它说：

A population-planning document released last year acknowledged that the low birth rate was problematic.

在提到美国对科技公司的监管时也用到了 problematic：

For firms with free products, such as Facebook and Google, such regulation could prove problematic.

3. 怎样学会使用这个词？

1）翻译下面的句子：

对中国学生来说，英语中的双元音（diphthong）很难掌握。

English diphthongs are particularly problematic for Chinese students to master.

（参考翻译：English diphthongs are particularly problematic for Chinese students to master.）

2）结合自己的生活、学习、工作、兴趣等，想象在什么语境下会用到这个表达。先简要描述这个场景，再造句。

例子： 太空飞船

场景 ： “Picking up some dust.” So said Buzz Aldrin on July 20th 1969, as he and Neil Armstrong descended towards the lunar surface. It is not the most famous quote from that day. But the lunar dust kicked up by Aldrin’s and Armstrong’s descending spacecraft would remain highly, if under- appreciated, problematic for all the Apollo astronauts. Lunar dust consists of rock pulverized to consistency of talcum powder by micrometeoroid impacts. The fragments are sharp, and because there is no weather on the Moon, and therefore no erosion,they stay that way. At the same time, the solar wind bombards the dust with charged particles from the sun, giving it a static charge that makes it cling to anything it touches. The jagged dust fragments blackened spacesuits, causing them to absorb too much heat. They tore tiny leaks in joints seals, resulting in pressure leaks and risking total failure of the suits.