通译比典:desireable与desirable之间的辨析

在英语词汇使用中，"desireable" 和 "desirable" 的辨析如下： 1. 正确拼写： - "desirable" 是正确的标准拼写（词根 "desire" + 后缀 "-able"） - "desireable" 是常见的拼写错误，多由以下原因造成： a) 过度保持词根 "desire" 的完整拼写 b) 受类似结构词（如 "admirable"）的拼写干扰 2. 词源学依据：该词源自拉丁语 "desiderabilis"，经由古法语 "desirable" 进入英语，传统拼写从未保留第二个"e"。 3. 现代用法规范： - 所有主流词典（OED, Mer ...(以上内容有节略,please sign in for more)

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(1).维基词典 desireable desirable

archaic form of desirable

Worthy to be desired; pleasing; agreeable.

A thing that people want; something that is desirable.

(2).牛津词典 desireable desirable

wished for as being an attractive, useful, or necessary course of action

(of a person) arousing sexual desire

a desirable person or thing

(3).韦伯斯特词典 desireable desirable

Worthy of desire or longing; fitted to excite desire or a wish to possess; pleasing; agreeable.

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