desire
verb[Tnot continuous]
formaluk/dɪˈzaɪər/us/dɪˈzaɪr/desireverb[T not continuous](WANT)
C1
towantsomething,especiallystrongly:
（尤指强烈地）渴望，希望，想要I desire only to beleftinpeace.我只想清清静静地不受打扰。
Thehotelhad everything you couldpossiblydesire.该酒店有你可能想要的任何东西。
What does her Ladyship desire metodo/desireofme?夫人她想要我做些什么？
[+ to infinitive]Thepresidentdesirestomeetthe newprimeminister.总统希望与新首相会面。
Wanting things
- ache forsomething
- acquisitive
- ambitious
- ambitiously
- angle
- angle forsomething
- burn
- fancy
- haveyoureye onsomethingidiom
- hunger
- hunger after/forsomething
- hungrily
- pine
- setyoursights onsomethingidiom
- shook
- sight
- someone'sheart's desireidiom
- straw
- super-ambitious
- tempt
desireverb[T not continuous](SEXUAL)
to have astrongsexualattractionto someone
情欲，欲火Idiom
someone'sheart's desire
desire
noun
uk/dɪˈzaɪər/us/dɪˈzaɪr/desirenoun(WANT)
B2[CorU]
astrongfeelingthat youwantsomething:
欲望，渴望，愿望Icertainlyhave nodesire to havechildren.我完全没有想要孩子的愿望。
There is astrongdesireforpeaceamong thepeople.人民亟盼和平。
Heneededtosatisfyhis desireforrevenge.他需要满足自己复仇的愿望。
[+ to infinitive]Shehadaburning/strongdesiretogo back to herhomecountrybefore shedied.她极其渴望在临死之前回到祖国。
Severalpeoplehaveexpresseda desiretoseethereport.有几个人表示想要看看这份报告。
Synonyms
inclination(FEELING)
willingness
wish(WANT)
- Theteamweregoadedon bytheirdesire to be first tocompletethecourse.
- He isgenuinelymotivatedby a desire tohelppeople.
- Shefeltanoverwhelmingdesire totellsomeone about what hadhappened.
- Herepressedasuddendesire tocry.
- His desire forpoliticalpowerapparentlyknowsnobounds.
Feelings of desire
- appetite
- caprice
- carnality
- compulsion
- covetousness
- dream
- drive
- get itchy feetidiom
- hankering
- hunger
- impulse buy
- impulse buying
- longing
- urge
- vaulting
- whim
- whimsy
- wish
- yearning
- yen
desirenoun(SEXUAL NEED)
[U]formal
thestrongfeelingthat youwantto havesexwith someone:
情欲，欲火sexualdesire性欲
Beatrice was theobjectofDante's desire.比阿特丽斯是勾动但丁情欲的女人。
Synonym
lust(DESIRE)