desire是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to want something, especially strongly -- （尤指强烈地）渴望，希望，想要

  • I desire only to be left in peace. 我只想清清静静地不受打扰。

  • The hotel had everything you could possibly desire. 该酒店有你可能想要的任何东西。

  • What does her Ladyship desire me to do/desire of me? 夫人她想要我做些什么？

  • [ + to infinitive ] The president desires to meet the new prime minister. 总统希望与新首相会面。

• 1 to have a strong sexual attraction to someone -- 情欲，欲火

• 2 a strong feeling that you want something -- 欲望，渴望，愿望

  • I certainly have no desire to have children. 我完全没有想要孩子的愿望。

  • There is a strong desire for peace among the people. 人民亟盼和平。

  • He needed to satisfy his desire for revenge. 他需要满足自己复仇的愿望。

  • [ + to infinitive ] She had a burning/strong desire to go back to her home country before she died. 她极其渴望在临死之前回到祖国。

  • Several people have expressed a desire to see the report. 有几个人表示想要看看这份报告。

• 3 the strong feeling that you want to have sex with someone -- 情欲，欲火

  • sexual desire 性欲

  • Beatrice was the object of Dante's desire. 比阿特丽斯是勾动但丁情欲的女人。