一日一词:熬得住BEARABLE
BEARABLE
1. 英英释义:If an unpleasant situation is bearable, you can accept or deal with it
例句:Love makes life more bearable.
2. 为什么选这个词?
“bearable”是动词“bear”的形容词形式,意思是“可忍受的”,我们在口语和写作中都能用上它。比如想表达“人生不易,还好我们有爱情”这层意思,我们就可以说:Love makes life more bearable.
我们想说某个人物、情况虽然不尽人意,但是还尚可,就可以用到 bearable。冬天很冷,不过和朋友一起吃顿火锅可以让冬天觉得好过一些,这时我们就可以说: Having hot pot with friends makes the harsh winter more bearable, if not enjoyable.
《经济学人》在一篇讨论自杀的文章中也用到了 bearable: As people move to cities and the grip of tradition loosens,women have more choice about whom they marry or live with, making life more bearable.这段话大概是说,女性对婚恋有了更多选择,这使得她们的生活还过得去。
在一篇讨论异地婚姻的文章中也用到了 bearable: Technological change has made living separate lives more bearable, and has thus probably contributed to long-distance marriage becoming more common.
当我们想表示“科技让异地恋不再那么难熬”时,就可以套用这个句型说成: Technology has made long-distance relationships more bearable.
bearable 的反义词是“unbearable”也很常见,比如米兰昆德拉的小说《不能承受的生命之轻》的英文名字就是The Unbearable Lightness of Being。
个人拓展:
搭配:make sth/ become/be/find sth almost/ hardly/just/ scarcely bearable for sb
背诵:
同义词:bearable, endurable, tolerable