desire
n. 願望; 渴望; 肉慾; 渴望的人/事
v. 渴望; 被某人吸引; 產生性慾
A desire is a strong wish to do or have something.
I had a strong desire to help and care for people...
我非常渴望能夠幫助和照顧他人。
They seem to have lost their desire for life.
他們似乎已喪失了對生活的熱望。
If you desire something, you want it.
She had remarried and desired a child with her new husband...
她又結婚了,並且渴望和新任丈夫生個小孩。
But Fred was bored and desired to go home...
但弗雷德覺得很無聊,想要回家。
Desire for someone is a strong feeling of wanting to have sex with them.
Teenage sex, for instance, may come not out of genuine desire but from a need to get love.
例如,青少年的性行為可能並不是源於真正的情慾,而是出於一種對愛的需要。
If you desire someone, you want to have sex with them.
It never occurred to him that she might not desire him.
他從沒有想過她可能不想跟他上床。
If desired is used in instructions in written English to indicate that someone can choose to take the course of action mentioned.
Additional courses may be taken if desired...
如有需要可選修額外的課程。
Transfer this sauce to a separate saucepan, if desired.
如果願意的話,可以把這些調味汁倒入一隻單獨的長柄鍋裡。
If you say that someone or something is your heart's desire, you mean that you want that person or thing very much.
He was extremely devious in his efforts to achieve his heart's desire.
他在設法得到自己的中意之物時會不擇手段。
If you say that something leaves a lot to be desired, you mean that it is not as good as it should be.
The selection of TV programmes, especially at the weekend, leaves a lot to be desired...
可供選擇的電視節目,尤其是在週末的時候,還有大幅提升的空間。
Food seems to have been available, even if the quality left much to be desired...
食品似乎能夠買到了,雖然質量還遠不盡如人意。
1. the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
2. an inclination to want things;
3. something that is desired
1. feel or have a desire for; want strongly;
2. expect and wish;
3. express a desire for
desire, wish, hope, expect, want, long
這些動詞都有"希望"之意。
He has a strong desire to meet you.
他極想見你.
She repressed her desire to mention his name.
她壓制住自己沒有提他的名字.
Everything she does is motivated only by a desire for money.
她所做的一切都是為了錢.
The tumultuous Cultural Revolution was chiefly responsible for the searing desire for change in China.
混亂的文化大革命是引起對中國發生變化的極度渴望的主要原因.
The people desire peace, security and happiness.
人民嚮往和平 、 安全與幸福.