| 释义 |
desirer|dɪˈzaɪərə(r)|
[f. desire v. + -er1.]
One who desires.
c1450tr. De Imitatione iii. xxxvi, There are many desireres of contemplacion. 1548R. Hutten Sum of Diuinitie A vj b, It is expedient that ther be many desirers of the office. 1579Coverdale Bk. Death xiii. 58 Earnest desirers of innocency. a1613Overbury A Wife (1638) 108 A desirer of learning. 1665Manley Grotius' Low C. Warres 105 Yet never ceased to admonish all desirers of novelty. a1691Baxter in Tulloch Eng. Purit. iii. (1861) 366 He was a great desirer of such abatements as might restore us all to serviceableness. |