desire

vt.希望；渴望；要求；请求

n.愿望；欲望；希望；请求

vi.有希望；期望；愿望；想望

noun

1. 愿望；欲望；渴望
   a strong wish to have or do sth
   1. a strong desire for power
      强烈的权力欲
   2. enough money to satisfy all your desires
      足够的钱来满足你所有的欲望
   3. She felt an overwhelming desire to return home.
      她感到想回家的愿望难以遏制。
   4. I have no desire (= I do not want) to discuss the matter further.
      我不想再谈此事。
   5. He has expressed a desire to see you.
      他表示想见见你。
2. 情欲；肉欲；性欲
   a strong wish to have sex with sb
   1. She felt a surge of love and desire for him.
      她对他骤生爱意，欲火攻心。
3. 想望的人；渴望的事物
   a person or thing that is wished for
   1. 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。

verb

1. 渴望；期望；想望
   to want sth; to wish for sth
   1. We all desire health and happiness.
      我们都渴望健康和幸福。
   2. The house had everything you could desire.
      这房子你要什么有什么。
   3. The medicine did not achieve the desired effect .
      这种药未达到预期效果。
   4. 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。
2. 被（某人）吸引；对（某人）产生性欲
   to be sexually attracted to sb
   1. He still desired her.
      他依然对她有欲望。

n. 欲望；要求，心愿；性欲 vt. 想要；要求；希望得到… vi. 渴望 n. (Desire)人名；(刚(布)、英)德西雷

名词复数形式:desires 过去分词:desired 过去式:desired 第三人称单数:desires 现在分词:desiring

desire 渴望

来自法语，来自拉丁语de sidere, 星星，星辰，词源同consider, sidereal. 来自古代的占星术，通过星辰移位来推测人世变迁，期望星辰按理想的状态运行，引申词义渴望。参照disaster.

1. Her desire was closer to passion than love.
   她的欲望更近似于激情，而非爱情。
2. She confessed to her parents her desire to act
   她向父母坦言了自己想演戏的愿望。
3. '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。”
4. 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。
5. 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。
6. They seem to have lost their desire for life.
   他们似乎已丧失了对生活的热望。
7. 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。
8. But Fred was bored and desired to go home
   但弗雷德觉得很无聊，想要回家。
9. 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。
10. 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。
11. 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。
12. Additional courses may be taken if desired
    如有需要可选修额外的课程。
13. 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。
14. 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。
15. 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。
16. 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。
17. 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。
18. 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。
19. 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。
20. She had a strong desire to be a dancer but failed to make the grade.
    她非常渴望成为舞蹈演员，但却因为达不到标准而未能圆梦。
21. He had lost his desire to live.
    他已失去了活下去的念头。
22. In the contemporary western world, rapidly changing styles cater to a desire for novelty and individualism.
    在当代西方社会，快速变化的时尚迎合了人们追求新奇和个性的需求。
23. 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。
24. The desire for revenge can be overpowering.
    报复的欲望有时会压倒一切。
25. It's difficult to reconcile the demands of my job and the desire to be a good father
    我很难做到既兼顾工作，又达成做个好父亲的愿望。
26. They are driven on partly by a wish for democracy, but also by a desire for national self-assertion.
    驱动他们的一方面是对民主的期待，另一方面是对民族自立的渴望。
27. 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。
28. He seemed to have no desire to go there; besides, his clothes were not good enough.
    他似乎不想去那儿，再加他的衣服也不够体面。
29. Their desire for expansion has increased.
    他们的扩张欲望有增无减。
30. He has a sincere desire to help you.
    他是诚心诚意地想帮助你。