desiring

英 [dɪˈzaɪərɪŋ]

美 [dɪˈzaɪərɪŋ]

v.  渴望; 期望; 想望; 被(某人)吸引; 对(某人)产生性欲
desire的现在分词

COCA.45483

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

• Desiring to ensure that rules of origin themselves do not create unnecessary obstacles to trade;
  期望保证原产地规则本身不对贸易造成不必要的障碍；
• Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not;
  不要为了渴求你没有的而糟蹋了你现在所拥有的；
• This series intend to explore women's elegance, abundance, perception and desiring for freedom.
  本系列设计意在探索女性的优雅、丰富、感性及对自由的向往。
• Any country desiring to exercise such rights shall give written notification to that effect to the Director General;
  希望行使该项权利的国家应以书面通知总干事；
• Desiring however to ensure that technical regulations and standards, including packaging, marking and labelling requirements, and procedures for assessment of conformity with technical regulations and standards do not create unnecessary obstacles to international trade;
  但是期望保证技术法规和标准，包括对包装、标志和标签的要求，以及对技术法规和标准的合格评定程序不给国际贸易制造不必要的障碍；
• We are without fear, desiring to be free from the body, and to be with the lord.
  所以无论是住在身内，离开身外，我们立了志向，要得主的喜悦。
• Even one small success gives you a taste of success and leaves you desiring more.
  即使一个小小的成功也可以给你尝到成功的甜头并让你欲求更多。
• The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.
  幸福的秘诀在于欣赏但不希冀。
• So he waited with Ruth and watched, desiring to speak his love but not daring.
  他也这样观察着等待着露丝，想向她表白却又不敢。
• This is enough for me, desiring comfort.
  渴望安逸，这环境够我满意了。