单词 | desire |
释义 | desire/dɪ′zaɪ ə(r)/ vt [-d, -d/d/;-e\ing/rɪ ŋ/]; n vt (1) 期(渴)望(wish or long for; want very much) [T+n, T+to-inf, C+n+to-inf, T+that(should)](fml):~happiness/health/peace/honour/information/education/rest渴望幸福/健康/和平/荣誉/信息/受教育/休息;~children/candy/another drink/a hot bath 渴望有孩子/糖果/再喝一口/洗个热水澡;anything your heart~s 你心中渴望的一切;~to be happy/to go to Paris/to live in peace with sb 渴望幸福/去巴黎/与某人和平相处;~sb to come at once/all letters to be burnt 期望某人马上来/把所有的信都烧掉;~that sb(should) come at once/sb shall be there 期望某人马上来/某人在那里;It was~d that sb(should) come at once. 期望某人马上来到。 His work left much to be~d. 他的工作远非至善至美。the~d result/effect 所希望的结果/效果;〖同〗want, wish, long for;〖反〗reject, refuse, decline; (2) 请(求)(ask) [T+n, C+n+to-inf, T+that(should)](fml):We~your early reply to this inquiry. 我们请你尽早对这询问给予答复。Her Majesty~s you to enter. 女王陛下请您进去。〖同〗ask, request, urge; (3) 对……有性欲(have strong feeling to have sex with sb) [T+n]:~a man's young,strong body 对一男子年轻力壮的身体充满性欲;He still~d her, after all these years. 过了这许多年,他对她仍然充满性欲。 → de′sirable adj 令人向往的;引起人性欲的;de͵sira′bility n 令人向往; n (1) 愿(欲)望(strong wish; great longing) [U, C][N(for),N+to-inf, N+that(should)]:have little (be filled with)~for wealth/power/rest 几乎无(充满)渴求财富/权利/休息的愿望;have little(be filled with)~to get rich/to return to one's family几乎无(充满)致富/回到家人身边的欲望;man's endless~to explore new horizons 人类探索未知领域的无穷欲望;have/feel a (sudden/strong/keen)~for success/fame/a comfortable home/meeting with sb 有/感到渴望成功/成名/有一个舒适的家/与某人见面的(突然/强烈/热切)愿望;have/feel a (sudden/strong/keen)~to succeed/to travel/to please sb 有/感到希冀成功/旅行/讨好某人的(突然/强烈/热切)愿望;his~that you (should) do it 他希冀你做这事的愿望;express/attain/fulfil one's~表示/达到/实现自己的愿望;satisfy all sb's~s 满足某人所有的愿望;many unsatisfied~s 许多未满足的愿望;〖同〗longing, wish, need; (2) 希望,要求(expressed wish; request) [C][N(for), N+to-inf, N+that]:act according to sb's~s 照某人的要求去做;This was done at his~. 这是根据他的要求做的。express a~to do sth表示希望做某事; (3) 想得到的人或东西(person or thing that is wanted very much) [C, 通常sing]:She is my heart's~. 她是我心中的追求。What is your greatest/heart's ~? 你最渴望/心中追求的东西是什么? My one~is to visit China. 我的一个愿望是访问中国。 (4) 性(情)欲(strong sexual interest and attraction) [U, C][N(for),N+to-inf]:one's~ for sb/to make love with sb 对某人的情欲/与某人做爱的情欲;arouse sb's (bodily)~引起某人的情(肉)欲;satisfy one's (passionate/intense/strong)~s 满足(热烈/强烈/强烈的)性欲;My~for you will never fade.我对你的性欲永远不会减弱。 → de′sirous adj 渴(希)望的; 【辨异】动词desire与wish和want都表示对什么的希求。desire指强烈的愿望,是正式语体用语;wish(希望,愿)指得到某物的冲动感情,其程度可强可弱,可以是不实际的,也可以是可实现的,如:I wish I would go home.(我真希望能回家。) want(想要)是最常用、最不正式的词,指出于需要而产生的希望、要求,能实现,如:People want peace.(人们希望和平。) |
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