desire
英 [dɪˈzaɪə(r)]
美 [dɪˈzaɪər]
n. 愿望; 欲望; 渴望; 情欲; 肉欲; 性欲; 想望的人; 渴望的事物
v. 渴望; 期望; 想望; 被(某人)吸引; 对(某人)产生性欲
复数：desires 过去分词：desired 过去式：desired 第三人称单数：desires 现在分词：desiring
Oxford 3000 / Collins.4 / BNC.1629 / COCA.1551
同义词辨析
ambitionaspirationdesire【导航词义：愿望】
ambitionn. 夙愿；野心
〔辨析〕
可用于褒义或贬义，常后接介词 of 或动词不定式。
〔例证〕
He has the great ambition of running a company on his own.
他怀有自己经营公司的雄心壮志。
His ambition of getting a higher position was not achieved.
他谋取高位的野心未能得逞。
他怀有自己经营公司的雄心壮志。
His ambition of getting a higher position was not achieved.
他谋取高位的野心未能得逞。
aspirationn. 渴望，抱负
〔辨析〕
一般用复数，常含褒义，常后接介词 for 或动词不定式。
〔例证〕
He knew nothing about their aspirations for the future.
他完全不了解他们对未来的抱负。
He has the aspiration to earn a lot of money.
他渴望赚很多钱。
他完全不了解他们对未来的抱负。
He has the aspiration to earn a lot of money.
他渴望赚很多钱。
desiren. 渴望，欲望
〔辨析〕
一般指有强烈的目的和意图，常后接动词不定式、介词 for 以及 that 从句。
〔例证〕
Her partners have a strong desire to win.
她的伙伴们有强烈的获胜欲望。
The teacher was deeply touched by their desire for knowledge.
他们对知识的渴望深深地打动了那位老师。
It was his desire that he should be buried in his hometown.
他希望能葬在家乡。
她的伙伴们有强烈的获胜欲望。
The teacher was deeply touched by their desire for knowledge.
他们对知识的渴望深深地打动了那位老师。
It was his desire that he should be buried in his hometown.
他希望能葬在家乡。
yearncravedesirelongpine【导航词义：渴望】
yearnv. 〈文〉渴望，向往
〔辨析〕
尤指渴望得到很难得到的事物，或做难以如愿之事，常伴有些许不安或痛苦。
〔例证〕
She yearned for his love.
她渴望得到他的爱。
He yearned to go back to his hometown.
他渴望回到故乡。
她渴望得到他的爱。
He yearned to go back to his hometown.
他渴望回到故乡。
cravev. 〈书〉渴望，热望
〔辨析〕
指非常强烈、几乎无法控制地渴望某事物，有时甚至是不好的事物。
〔例证〕
Many children crave attention.
许多孩子渴望得到关心。
Linda still craves the recognition of her peers.
琳达仍然渴望得到同龄人的认可。
He was craving cigarettes.
他很想抽烟。
许多孩子渴望得到关心。
Linda still craves the recognition of her peers.
琳达仍然渴望得到同龄人的认可。
He was craving cigarettes.
他很想抽烟。
desirev. 〈正式〉渴望，期望
〔辨析〕
强调主观愿望上热切渴望某事物，多指可以达成的事情，常含尽力争取的意味，不用进行时。
〔例证〕
We all desire happiness and health.
我们都渴望幸福和健康。
We always desire to live in peace with our neighbours.
我们总是渴望与邻居和睦相处。
She desires to marry him.
她渴望嫁给他。
我们都渴望幸福和健康。
We always desire to live in peace with our neighbours.
我们总是渴望与邻居和睦相处。
She desires to marry him.
她渴望嫁给他。
longv. 渴望，极想
〔辨析〕
普通用词，尤指渴望看似不会很快发生的事发生，常后接介词 for 或动词不定式。
〔例证〕
I long for the day when my dream can come true.
我渴望有一天能够梦想成真。
So this is what you've been longing for?
这就是你一直所渴求的东西？
We are longing to see you.
我们渴望见到你。
我渴望有一天能够梦想成真。
So this is what you've been longing for?
这就是你一直所渴求的东西？
We are longing to see you.
我们渴望见到你。
pine forphr. v. 渴望
〔辨析〕
尤指渴望得到不太可能得到的事物，含苦苦思念之意。
〔例证〕
John was pining for his homeland back in America.
约翰渴望回到美国的故乡。
She pined for the countryside.
她渴望乡间的生活。
约翰渴望回到美国的故乡。
She pined for the countryside.
她渴望乡间的生活。
习惯用语
v.
- leave a lot, much, something, etc. to be desired
- 还有许多（或一些等）需要改进的地方
to be bad or unacceptable
牛津词典
noun
- 愿望；欲望；渴望
a strong wish to have or do sth- a strong desire for power
强烈的权力欲 - enough money to satisfy all your desires
足够的钱来满足你所有的欲望 - She felt an overwhelming desire to return home.
她感到想回家的愿望难以遏制。 - I have no desire (= I do not want) to discuss the matter further.
我不想再谈此事。 - He has expressed a desire to see you.
他表示想见见你。
- a strong desire for power
- 情欲；肉欲；性欲
a strong wish to have sex with sb- She felt a surge of love and desire for him.
她对他骤生爱意，欲火攻心。
- She felt a surge of love and desire for him.
- 想望的人；渴望的事物
a person or thing that is wished for- When she agreed to marry him he felt he had achieved his heart's desire .
当她答应嫁给他时，他感到终于得到了自己的心上人。
- When she agreed to marry him he felt he had achieved his heart's desire .
verb
- 渴望；期望；想望
to want sth; to wish for sth- We all desire health and happiness.
我们都渴望健康和幸福。 - The house had everything you could desire.
这房子你要什么有什么。 - The medicine did not achieve the desired effect .
这种药未达到预期效果。 - Fewer people desire to live in the north of the country.
想住在这个国家北方的人就更少了。
- We all desire health and happiness.
- 被（某人）吸引；对（某人）产生性欲
to be sexually attracted to sb- He still desired her.
他依然对她有欲望。
- He still desired her.
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 渴望;热望;欲望
Adesireis a strong wish to do or have something.- I had a strong desire to help and care for people...
我非常渴望能够帮助和照顾他人。 - They seem to have lost their desire for life.
他们似乎已丧失了对生活的热望。
- I had a strong desire to help and care for people...
- VERB 渴望;想望;想要
If youdesiresomething, you want it.- She had remarried and desired a child with her new husband...
她又结婚了，并且渴望和新任丈夫生个小孩。 - But Fred was bored and desired to go home...
但弗雷德觉得很无聊，想要回家。 - 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天的安排，获得了心灵的安宁。
- She had remarried and desired a child with her new husband...
- N-UNCOUNT 情欲;肉欲;性欲
Desirefor someone is a strong feeling of wanting to have sex with them.- Teenage sex, for instance, may come not out of genuine desire but from a need to get love.
例如，青少年的性行为可能并不是源于真正的情欲，而是出于一种对爱的需要。
- Teenage sex, for instance, may come not out of genuine desire but from a need to get love.
- VERB 想与…发生性关系
If youdesiresomeone, you want to have sex with them.- 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。
- It never occurred to him that she might not desire him.
- PHRASE （用于说明性的书面语中）如果需要的话,如果愿意的话
If desiredis used in instructions in written English to indicate that someone can choose to take the course of action mentioned.- Additional courses may be taken if desired...
如有需要可选修额外的课程。 - Transfer this sauce to a separate saucepan, if desired.
如果愿意的话，可以把这些调味汁倒入一只单独的长柄锅里。
- Additional courses may be taken if desired...
- PHRASE 心里想望之人;心中渴望之物
If you say that someone or something is yourheart's desire, you mean that you want that person or thing very much.- He was extremely devious in his efforts to achieve his heart's desire.
他在设法得到自己的中意之物时会不择手段。
- He was extremely devious in his efforts to achieve his heart's desire.
- PHRASE 尚有（许多）需要改进之处;有待（大幅）提高
If you say that somethingleavesa lotto be desired, you mean that it is not as good as it should be.- The selection of TV programmes, especially at the weekend, leaves a lot to be desired...
可供选择的电视节目，尤其是在周末的时候，还有大幅提升的空间。 - Food seems to have been available, even if the quality left much to be desired...
食品似乎能够买到了，虽然质量还远不尽如人意。 - It is just possible that the accuracy of the information provided might leave something to be desired.
很有可能所提供信息的准确性还不够高。
- The selection of TV programmes, especially at the weekend, leaves a lot to be desired...
英英释义
noun
- an inclination to want things
- a man of many desires
- the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
- something that is desired
verb
- feel or have a desire for
- I want to go home now
- I want my own room
- express a desire for
- expect and wish
- I trust you will behave better from now on
- I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise
双语例句
- It is sad to see a man so corrupted by the desire for money and power.
看到一个人因为追逐金钱和权力而如此腐化真是悲哀。 - The desire for revenge can be overpowering.
报复的欲望有时会压倒一切。 - He had a great desire to have a home of his own for he had always lived with my grandmother.
他强烈渴望拥有一个属于自己的家，因为他一直和我祖母住在一起。 - I translated this as a mad desire to lock up every single person with HIV.
我把这点理解为想把每个艾滋病病毒携带者都关起来的疯狂欲望。 - 'I had no desire to be a mother — I had a child, that's all.'
“我不渴望当妈妈，我有一个孩子了，如此而已。” - These youngsters are motivated not by a desire to achieve, but by fear of failure
激发这些年轻人的不是对成就的渴望，而是对失败的担心。 - She confessed to her parents her desire to act
她向父母坦言了自己想演戏的愿望。 - With hindsight, he was overestimating their desire for peace.
事后看来，他高估了他们对和平的渴望。 - Teenage sex, for instance, may come not out of genuine desire but from a need to get love.
例如，青少年的性行为可能并不是源于真正的情欲，而是出于一种对爱的需要。 - 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天的安排，获得了心灵的安宁。