BEARABLE

1. ? ?英英釋義：If an unpleasant situation is bearable, you can accept or deal with it?

例句：Love makes life more?bearable.?

2. 為什么選這個詞？?

“bearable”是動詞“bear”的形容詞形式，意思是“可忍受的”，我們在口語和寫作中都能用上它。比如想表達“人生不易，還好我們有愛情”這層意思，我們就可以說：Love makes life more?bearable.

我們想說某個人物、情況雖然不盡人意，但是還尚可，就可以用到 bearable。冬天很冷，不過和朋友一起吃頓火鍋可以讓冬天覺得好過一些，這時我們就可以說：?Having?hot pot with friends makes the harsh winter more?bearable, if not enjoyable.

《經(jīng)濟學(xué)人》在一篇討論自殺的文章中也用到了 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.這段話大概是說，女性對婚戀有了更多選擇，這使得她們的生活還過得去。?

在一篇討論異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.?

當(dāng)我們想表示“科技讓異地戀不再那么難熬”時，就可以套用這個句型說成：?Technology has made long-distance relationships more?bearable.

bearable 的反義詞是“unbearable”也很常見，比如米蘭昆德拉的小說《不能承受的生命之輕》的英文名字就是The Unbearable Lightness of Being。?

個人拓展：

搭配：make sth/ become/be/find sth almost/ hardly/just/ scarcely bearable for sb

背誦：

同義詞：bearable, endurable, tolerable