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单词 undesirable
释义
undesirable
(ʌndɪzaɪərəbəl )
Word forms: undesirables
1. adjective
If you describe something or someone as undesirable, you do not want them or you think they are harmful.
We have come to view sweating as an undesirable and socially unacceptable activity.
A large group of undesirable strangers crashed her party.
Synonyms: unwanted, unwelcome, disagreeable, objectionable  
2. countable noun
Undesirables are people who a particular government considers to be dangerous or a threat to society, and therefore wants to get rid of.
Police were on hand to prevent undesirables from entering.
Collocations:
undesirable behaviour
Human beings have always devised rules to curb undesirable behaviour.
Times, Sunday Times
Beliefs that underpin behaviour are teased out and understood as providing the foundation to our undesirable behaviour.
Times,Sunday Times
Could it be possible that one sign of disorder, graffiti, was triggering another undesirable behaviour, littering?
Times, Sunday Times
Ignoring the undesirable behaviour and rewarding only calm, quiet behaviour will do the trick longterm.
The Sun
I've long advocated the creation of prestige sporting events as a means of regulating socially undesirable behaviour.
Times, Sunday Times
undesirable outcome
That would be an undesirable outcome, both in terms of disruption to the economy and the longer-term impact on relations with the continent.
Times, Sunday Times
Furthermore, refusal of recognition produced a plainly undesirable outcome.
Times, Sunday Times
Then a causal link would have to be established between these things and undesirable outcomes.
Times, Sunday Times
Interest rates of close to zero have triggered a number of perverse effects and undesirable outcomes.
Times, Sunday Times
These include the nuclear power and aircraft industries, where the possible failure of a complex series of engineered systems could result in highly undesirable outcomes.
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Translations:
Chinese: 不受欢迎的
Japanese: 望ましくない
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