1. 这是个什么词?
词:transferable
英英释义:able to be transferred or made over to another field
例句:Communication skills are highly transferable.
2. 为什么选这个词?
“transferable”是形容词,意思是“可用于其他工作的、通用于多领域的”,是一个灵活、地道的词。transferable 常用来形容一类知识或技能,表明它们可以被应用在其它的领域,用英文解释 transferable skills 可以说成:
Transferable skills are skills and abilities that are relevant and helpful across different areas of life: socially, professionally and at school.
我们经常说很多工作都需要很强的沟通能力,也就是说沟通技巧的普适性强,可以用在各种工作中,这时候就可以用到 transferable:
Communication skills are highly transferable. If you are a great communicator, you can easily take your skills from one job to another.
数学是最基础的学科之一,是很多其他学科的基础,我们可以说:
Mathematics is one of the most fundamental disciplines. Whether you want to be an engineer, a banker, or a computer scientist, you had better learn it well, because it's transferable.
《经济学人》在一篇关于各国成年人的技能差异的文章中有这么一段话,里面用到了 transferable skills:
Mr Giesen, who previously taught in a Berufsschule (vocational school), thinks one reason may be a gap between what vocational students learn at school and what they are expected to do in the workplace. Such schools are being encouraged to work more closely with businesses and teach more transferable skills.
3. 怎样学会使用这个词?
1)翻译下面的句子:
很多雇主常常会找那些能够展示出通用技能的人。
(参考翻译:Many employers often look for people who can demonstrate a good set of transferable skills. )
2)结合自己的生活、学习、工作、兴趣等,想象在什么语境下会用到这个表达。先简要描述这个场景,再造句。
场景 1:我从前一份工作中获得的不仅仅是专业技能还有通用技能。
造句:What I have acquired from my previous working background are not just some professional skills but some transferable skills.
场景2:学习如何写作,会学会很多有用的技能,或许还可以用在其他领域。
造句:Learning how to write can provide you some useful skills that may be transferable on future occasion.
场景3:大学应该教给学生一些通用技能,无论他们将来从事什么工作,这些技能都起着重要作用。
造句:University should provide graduates with transferable skills, which are instrumental no matter what they do in the future.
例句:Use the transferable skills acquired from your previous working background.
We aim to provide our students with transferable skills.
A woman, who has spent twenty years at home, must be shown that her skills are important and transferable into the workforce.