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单词 desideratum
释义

desideratumn.

/dɪˌsɪdəˈreɪtəm/
Forms: Plural desiderata.
Etymology: < Latin dēsīderātum thing desired, neuter of dēsīderātus , past participle of dēsīderāre : see desiderate v. The substantive use belongs to medieval Latin.Compare French desideratum, Spanish desideratum.
Something for which a desire or longing is felt; something wanting and required or desired.
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the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > [noun] > object of desire
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the mind > will > necessity > condition of being necessary > need or want > [noun] > that which is needed or required
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a1651 N. Culverwell Act of Oblivion in Elegant Disc. Light of Nature (1652) ii. 33 All Desiderata shall be suppli'd.
1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 454 Here that Desideratum my Lord Bacon speaketh of..is supplyed.
1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. Ep. to Rdr. 63 The various Desiderata, proposed by Learned men, or such things as were conceived yet wanting to the advancement of several parts of Learning.
1782 Let. conc. Ess. Compar. Anat. 6 in Monro's Anat. Human Bones (new ed.) A..technical dictionary..is one of the desiderata in anatomy.
1802 J. Playfair Illustr. Huttonian Theory 338 The explanation of them was still a desideratum in geology.
1807 R. Southey Life (1850) III. 105 One of the greatest desideratums in modern Oriental literature.
1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 161 The fitness of the animal for food is the great desideratum.
1876 J. B. Mozley Univ. Serm. (1877) iii. 47 A great number of people in every age, do want morality without religion: it is a great desideratum.
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