1. 這是個什么詞?
詞:understandable
英英釋義:to be expected; natural, reasonable, or forgivable
例句:It's perfectly understandable. Thank you anyway.
2. 為什么選這個詞?
“understandable”是形容詞,它有兩個意思,一個是“易懂的”,同義詞是 comprehensible;一個是“可以理解的”,是我們今天重點(diǎn)學(xué)習(xí)的。這個詞看似簡單,但很多基礎(chǔ)不錯的英語學(xué)習(xí)者都不會使用。它可以體現(xiàn)使用者的同理心,起到很好的溝通效果。一般可以在 understandable 前加 perfectly 和 totally 來增強(qiáng)語氣。
我們經(jīng)常會請別人幫忙,而別人總會由于這樣那樣的原因無法幫助我們。這時(shí)候我們可以說 Thank you all the same 或 Thank you anyway。我們還可以用 understandable,讓對方感覺沒有壓力:
It's perfectly understandable. Thank you anyway.
It's understandable that you have so much work to do towards the end of the year and cannot help me. Thank you anyway.
別人聽到這樣的話心里肯定很舒服,下次如果你需要幫助,他會更愿意幫你。
類似地,當(dāng)別人答應(yīng)你做一件事情,但由于某個突然的原因無法履行承諾時(shí),也可以用 understandable 來表示“沒事,我理解”:
It's totally understandable. Things happen. Don't worry about it.
如果你是團(tuán)隊(duì)負(fù)責(zé)人,當(dāng)你的下屬犯了某個錯誤時(shí),就可以用 understandable 安慰他不必過于擔(dān)心。比如:
The mistake is totally understandable. It's a minor one anyway. Be careful next time.
This is a perfectly understandable mistake. Nobody has experience in handling the situation. We will certainly get better next time.
不難看出,會用 understandable 這個詞可以體現(xiàn)一個人的同理心和領(lǐng)導(dǎo)力,更容易和別人建立信任的關(guān)系。這個詞也可以說明,高質(zhì)量的表達(dá)很多時(shí)候不在詞匯量,而是真正掌握了一個詞的精髓,能夠在恰當(dāng)?shù)恼Z境自然使用。
3. 怎樣學(xué)會使用這個詞?
1)翻譯下面的句子:
今天路上太堵了,遲到幾分鐘沒事。
(參考翻譯:It's understandable that you are a few minutes late. The traffic is horrible today.)
我的翻譯:
It's understandanle that you are? a few minutes late.The road is too blocked today.
造句:
It is understandable that you don't take? a high score.The content of this exam is difficult.