| 单词 | desire |
| 释义 | de·sire I. transitive verb 1. < men who desire success must be prepared to work > < he desired her approval above all things > < desiring only a peaceful haven > 2. a. < maid services available if desired > < they desire an immediate answer > b. < desire him to come in > < they desired the conference to reconsider its decision > 3. obsolete 4. archaic intransitive verb < he can be, if he so desires, the complete master of his own cabinet — H.J.Laski > Synonyms: < we can definitely order anything you wish > < a position desired by young lady — advt > desire in more general use, however, emphasizes the strength or ardor of feeling and often implies strong intention or aim < more than any other thing on earth he desired to fight for his country — W.A.White > < unions which desired to avail themselves of the benefits of the law — Collier's Year Book > < the waitress should not ask if wine is desired > wish is less strong, often suggesting a not usually intense longing for an object unattained, unattainable, or questionably attainable < Newton's law of gravitation could not be wished into existence — H.A.Overstreet > < not to have property, if one wished it, was almost a certain sign of shiftlessness — Van Wyck Brooks > want is a less formal term than wish and so is often interchangeable with it in situations where dignity of the subject or respectfulness is not at issue, though generally want implies a need or lack < those who wanted to live long — Morris Fishbein > < the French wanted European unity — New York Times > crave implies strongly the force of physical or mental appetite or need (as of hunger, thirst, love, or ambition) < to crave peace and security after war > < that eternal craving for amusement — Donn Byrne > < what he craved was books of poetry and chivalry — E.A.Weeks > covet implies a strong, eager desire, often inordinate and envious and often for what belongs to another < where water is the most coveted and essential resource because its supply is limited — American Guide Series: Texas > < we hate no people, and covet no people's land — Wendell Willkie > II. 1. < with Freud all human behavior seems to be the outcome of desire — that is, of the search for pleasure — H.M.Parshley > < in all Indian thought since Buddhism, the original sin has been desire, which ensnares the spirit in material incarnation — Weston La Barre > 2. a. < a desire of serfs to get rid of the feudalism that has held them in a vise from time out of mind — W.O.Douglas > < the desire for adventure > < if a plebiscite confirms the people's desire for independence — Vera M. Dean > < humility is the most difficult of all virtues to achieve; nothing dies harder than the desire to think well of oneself — T.S.Eliot > b. (1) (2) < the full lips thrust out and taut like the flesh of animals distended by fear or desire — Willa Cather > < desire is the natural consequence of the sexual instinct — W.S.Maugham > c. < the conductor's desire to follow the composer's instructions to the letter > < he expressed a desire to avoid compulsory measures > 3. < the yeas and nays of the members of either house on any question shall, at the desire of one fifth of those present, be entered on the journal — U.S. Constitution > 4. < then the leaders got hold of it, took it to pieces and remolded it closer to the heart's desire — S.H.Adams > Synonyms: < the desire for change, for novelty, for a relief from the monotony of every day — Aldous Huxley > < a desire for admiration in general — Herbert Spencer > < the geisha is only what she has been made in answer to foolish human desire for the illusion of love mixed with youth and grace, but without regrets or responsibilities — Lafcadio Hearn > appetite applies to a desire strongly calling for satisfaction; it may be wide in its application < it gave men a familiarity with the method and outline of Aristotle's logic, and whetted their appetite for more — R.W.Southern > < young Nathaniel Bowditch, the future navigator, first fed his appetite for mathematical science — S.E.Morison & H.S.Commager > It is likely to be used in reference to sensual desires and needs < he collected guns and women, and his sexual appetite was awesome — E.D.Radin > < appetites for expensive clothes and jewelry, good food, strong liquor and weak women — Alan Hynd > appetency and appetence may suggest appetite marked by strong craving < the liquid shine of the workmen's eyes, like the eyes of drinking men when they smell liquor, bright with appetence — Mary Austin > < that gnawing dissatisfaction which his purely physical appetencies create in him again and again — R.W.Stallman > concupiscence may apply to any strong craving but commonly applies to strong or inordinate sexual desire < the principle of sin was designated by the Schoolmen as “concupiscence”, which included inordinate desires in general, the sexual passion being the prominent element — G.P.Fisher > lust may apply to any exigent desire but commonly is used in reference to crass craving for something unsanctioned, especially illicit or inordinate sex < no greed for the land or wealth of any other people, no vulgar ambition, no morbid lust for material gain at the expense of others — Sir Winston Churchill > < he had the lust for money as Martinez had for women — Willa Cather > < in his morning litany he could pray to be kept from lasciviousness, but when night came lust might come with it — Carl Van Doren > passion indicates compelling, intense emotion or desire or its ardent fulfillment, often in matters sexual < this consuming passion for law made him govern himself, keep in restraint the fierce wrath which leaped up within him — H.E.Scudder > < the passion of Giovanni and Annabella is not shown as an affinity of temperament due to identity of blood; it hardly rises above the purely carnal infatuation — T.S.Eliot > < and she loved him with a full, happy passion that responded frankly and generously to his — Rose Macaulay > urge is used of a persistent desire or inclination seeking satisfaction < the urge of “backward” peoples to move rapidly from feudalism to industrialism, to acquire modern and expensive technology in a hurry and thus drastically raise their living standards — W.G.Carleton > < the urges of dishonest hired girls, prostitutes who didn't want to be reformed, or shiftless husbands — Barbara Klaw > |
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