desires

英 [dɪˈzaɪəz]

美 [dɪˈzaɪərz]

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
desire的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 渴望;热望;欲望
  Adesireis a strong wish to do or have something.
  1. 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。
  2. They seem to have lost their desire for life.
     他们似乎已丧失了对生活的热望。
• VERB 渴望;想望;想要
  If youdesiresomething, you want it.
  1. 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。
  2. But Fred was bored and desired to go home...
     但弗雷德觉得很无聊，想要回家。
  3. 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。
• N-UNCOUNT 情欲;肉欲;性欲
  Desirefor someone is a strong feeling of wanting to have sex with them.
  1. 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。
• VERB 想与…发生性关系
  If youdesiresomeone, you want to have sex with them.
  1. 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。
• 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.
  1. Additional courses may be taken if desired...
     如有需要可选修额外的课程。
  2. 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。
• 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.
  1. 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。
• 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.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. 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。

双语例句

• This could help us to understand our own desires and needs.
  这可以帮助我们了解自己的愿望和需要。
• His poems are full of unfulfilled yearnings and desires.
  他的诗中充满了对未实现心愿的企盼和渴望。
• She desires the golden ring for herself.
  她希望那个金戒指归己所有。
• The public desires water which is low in hardness and total solids, noncorrosive, and non-scale-forming.
  人们还要求水的硬度及固体含量都低，无腐蚀性，不生成水垢。
• God has freed me of all wild desires.
  上帝释放了我所有狂野的欲望。
• Nobody has my memories, beliefs, exact desires, goals and so forth.
  没有人有我的记忆，信仰，欲望和目标。
• All his desires and dreams were completely fulfilled.
  他的全部希望和幻想都得到了满足。
• And I get some new memories and some new desires and some new goals.
  我获得了新的记忆，欲望和目标。
• The president seemed willing to accommodate himself to Senate desires.
  总统似乎愿意按参议院的意图行事。
• His senses and reasons inhibited his wrong desires or impulses.
  他的理智抑制了不正当的欲望或冲动。