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单词 desire
释义

desireverb [ T not continuous ]

uk/dɪˈzaɪər/us/dɪˈzaɪr/formal

desire verb [ T not continuous ] (WANT)

C1 to want something, especially strongly:

I desire only to be left in peace.
The hotel had everything you could possibly desire.
What does her Ladyship desire me to do/desire of me?
[ + to infinitive ] The president desires to meet the new prime minister.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Wanting things

  • ache for sth
  • acquisitive
  • ambitious
  • angle
  • angle for sth
  • aspirant
  • burn
  • fancy
  • finger
  • hanker after/for sth
  • have your eye on sth idiom
  • hunger
  • hunger after/for sth
  • hungry
  • shook
  • sight
  • sth is calling you idiom
  • straw
  • tempt
  • think big idiom

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desire verb [ T not continuous ] (SEXUAL)

to have a strong sexual attraction to someone

Idiom(s)

sb's heart's desire

desirenoun

uk/dɪˈzaɪər/us/dɪˈzaɪr/

desire noun (WANT)

B2 [ C or U ] a strong feeling that you want something:

I certainly have no desire to have children.
There is a strong desire for peace among the people.
He needed to satisfy his desire for revenge.
[ + to infinitive ] She had a burning/strong desire to go back to her home country before she died.
Several people have expressed a desire to see the report.

More examples

  • The team were goaded on by their desire to be first to complete the course.
  • He is genuinely motivated by a desire to help people.
  • She felt an overwhelming desire to tell someone about what had happened.
  • He repressed a sudden desire to cry.
  • His desire for political power apparently knows no bounds.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Feelings of desire

  • appetite
  • caprice
  • compulsion
  • covetous
  • craving
  • dream
  • drive
  • get itchy feet idiom
  • hunger
  • impulse buy
  • inclination
  • longing
  • lust
  • need
  • urge
  • vaulting
  • whim
  • wish
  • yearning
  • yen

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desire noun (SEXUAL NEED)

[ U ] formal the strong feeling that you want to have sex with someone:

sexual desire
Beatrice was the object of Dante's desire.
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