Word · Frequency #7811
undesirable
/ˌʌndɪˈzaɪrəbəl/
noun
不受欢迎的人
核心释义
an undesirable person
- 1.
不受欢迎的人。
An undesirable person.
- 2.
不受欢迎的人
one whose presence is undesirable
不受欢迎的人。
用法In use
The club asked the security team to remove any undesirables from the entrance.
用法提示：句中 undesirables 是名词复数，指不受欢迎的人。
After the argument, she decided that he was an undesirable and stopped meeting him.
用法提示：句中 an undesirable 是名词单数，表示一个不受欢迎的人。
The landlord considered the noisy tenant an undesirable and refused to renew the lease.
用法提示：句中 an undesirable 是名词单数，作宾语补足语，指不受欢迎的人。
rounding up vagrants and drunks and other undesirables
be considered an undesirable
He was considered an undesirable in the community.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- round up undesirables
- 搜捕不受欢迎的人
- The government ordered the police to round up undesirables in the city.政府命令警方在城市中搜捕不受欢迎的人。
- deport undesirables
- 驱逐不受欢迎的人
- The country has a policy to deport undesirables who have no legal status.这个国家有政策驱逐没有合法身份的不受欢迎的人。
- social undesirable
- 社交中的不受欢迎者
- He was considered a social undesirable because of his rude behavior.由于他粗鲁的行为，他被视为社交中的不受欢迎者。
- political undesirable
- 政治上的不受欢迎者
- The regime labeled all dissidents as political undesirables.该政权将所有持不同政见者标记为政治上的不受欢迎者。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
un-不 + desirable令人渴望的 = 不令人渴望的人，即不受欢迎的人。
语境与语域Context & Register
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语法说明Grammar Note
通常指不受欢迎的人或群体，常含贬义
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Only 'desirable' rhymes with 'undesirable' (/aɪrəbəl/). Other words ending in -able have different stressed vowels, e.g., 'reasonable' has /ˈrizənəbəl/.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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