desire

[di'zaiə]

n.渴望, 愿望, 欲望
v.渴望, 向往, 要求

vt.

1. 渴望; 要求[W][+to-v][+that][O2]

He desired us to leave soon.

他希望我们尽快离开。

She desired to marry a rich man.

她很想嫁个富翁。

People desire peace.

人们渴望和平。

2. 想与……发生性关系

n.

1. 欲望, 渴望[C][U][(+for)]

I have no desire to discuss the question.

我不想讨论这个问题。

2. 情欲, 性欲[C][U][(+for)]

3. 渴望的东西; 渴望的人[S1]

He brought me my heart's desire.

他给我带来了我心里渴望的东西。

词形变化

名词: desirer | 动词过去式: desired | 动词过去分词: desired | 动词现在分词: desiring | 动词第三人称单数: desires |

词义辨析

同义:

n.vt.欲望, 渴望

wish  want  fancy  lust  crave  covet  

同义参见:

ambition  prefer  option  preference  ambition  pleasure  please  pine  aspire  weakness  objective  will  anxiety  hunger  itch  greed  yearning  appetite  thirst  passion  hope  yearn  necessity  

反义:

vt.渴望; 要求

hate  abhor  dislike  

反义参见:

despair  

英英释义

名词 desire:

the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state

an inclination to want things

something that is desired

动词 desire:

feel or have a desire for; want strongly

同义词：want

expect and wish

同义词：hope, trust

express a desire for

补充

desiredesire英:[diˈzaiə] 美:[dɪˈzaɪr]vt.1.希望, 渴望We all desire happiness and health.我们都想得到幸福和健康。They greatly desired to come to China.他们非常想到中国来。2.要求, 请求The workers desire better working conditions.工人们要求更好的工作条件。n.1.愿望, 欲望, 心愿Failure only intensified my desire to succeed.失败反而使我增强了获得成功的欲望。She has a desire of climbing mountains.她想去爬山。

例句

1. They seem to have lost their desire for life.他们似乎已丧失了对生活的热望。 2. his desire to go on holiday他对度假的渴望 3. In all relationships some desire will inevitably fade.在所有恋情中, 激情都终将消退。 4. his agonizing quest for his heart's desire他对意中人的苦苦追求 5. Wimbledon remains the heart's desire of every tennis player.温布尔登网球锦标赛仍是每个网球运动员心中的渴求之地。 6. She had remarried and now desired a child.她再婚了, 现在渴望有个孩子。 7. Give the inspector any assistance he may desire.给检查员他需要的任何帮助。 8. He passionately desired to continue his career.他热切渴望继续自己的事业。 9. He desired me to inform her that he had made his peace with God.他想让我告诉她, 他已接受了上帝的安排, 获得了心灵的安宁。 10. Additional courses may be taken if desired.如有需要可选修额外的课程。 11. It never occurred to him that she might not desire him.他从没有想过她可能不想跟他上床。 12. The academic standards may leave a lot to be desired, but the food's OK.虽然学术水平可能仍有许多需要改进之处, 但伙食还不错。 13. Food seems to have been available, even if the quality left much to be desired.食品似乎能够买到了, 虽然品质还远不尽如人意。 14. I desired candy all the time I was dieting.当我节食时我很想吃糖果。 15. We all desire happiness and health.我们都渴望幸福和健康。 16. We all desire your early reply to this inquiry.我们都希望你对此询问尽早答复。 17. I desire you to set to work at once.我希望你立即开始工作。 18. What she most desired was a good rest.她最希望的是好好休息一下。 19. What he really desires is a raise.他真正期望的是提薪。 20. [with infinitive]she has no desire to become a wife and mother.她不想结婚生孩子。 21. they were clinging together in fierce mutual desire.他们紧紧抱在一起，彼此都充满了性的渴求。 22. he never achieved the status he so desired.他从没得到自己渴求的地位。 23. [as adj. desired]it failed to create the desired effect.这没有产生预期效果。 24. there had been a time, years ago, when he had desired her.多年前他也有段时间想要她。 25. I have no desire to visit that place again.我不想再去那地方。 26. They have everything they could possibly desire.他们想要的已经都拥有。 27. The service in the restaurant left a lot to be desired (= was very bad).那家餐馆的服务还有很多改进的余地。 28. Many people desire wealth.很多人都渴望拥有财富。 29. He desired her approval more than anything.他最渴望得到的是她的赞许。 30. "The apartment has modern amenities, a great location—everything you could desire."这公寓各种现代化设施齐备，所处地段理想——你想要的所有条件都能满足。 31. Those desiring [=looking for] a more relaxed atmosphere will prefer the pub in the restaurant's lower level.那些想要找个更悠闲的环境的人会更喜欢这家饭馆下层的酒馆。 32. I have always desired [=wanted] to go to France.我一直渴望去法国。 33. She knew that men still desired her.她知道男人依然对她有欲望。 34. The committee desires [=requests] an immediate answer.委员会要求立即答复。 35. Your work leaves much to be desired.你的工作还有许多有待改进之处。 36. "Although her education left much to be desired, she was an extremely intelligent person."尽管没有受过良好的教育，但她却是个非常聪明的人。 37. The working conditions here leave a lot to be desired.这里的工作环境有很多需要改善的地方。 38. an artist mixing paints to get a desired color将多种颜料混合以获得理想色彩的画家 39. a desired effect/result理想的效果/结果 40. desire is a common theme is music and literature.欲望是音乐和文学中常见的主题。 41. an object of desire [=something that people want to have]渴望得到的东西 42. It is our desire that all of you be treated fairly. [=we want all of you to be treated fairly]我们的愿望是你们所有人都受到公平对待。 43. The magazine tries to attend to the needs and desires of its readers.那本杂志力求关注读者的需求和愿望。 44. Both sides feel a real desire for peace.双方都真切地期望和平。 45. His decisions are guided by his desire for land/money/power/change.他的决定受他对土地/金钱/权力/变革的渴望所支配。 46. They expressed a desire to go with us.他们表示想和我们一起去。 47. They have a desire to have children.他们想要孩子。 48. a strong/burning/aching desire to travel around the world周游世界的强烈愿望 49. He had/felt a strong (sexual) desire for her.他对她产生了强烈的欲望。 50. He was overcome with desire for her.他对她有强烈的情欲而不能自持。 51. He worried that he might never achieve his desire. [=might never do the thing that he wanted to do]他担心可能永远不能做自己想做的事。 52. A good education had always been her heart's desire. [=something she wanted very much]良好的教育一直是她心中所渴望的。 53. "“You are my heart's desire,” he told her."“你是我的心上人。”他告诉她。