| 单词 | desired |
| 释义 | desired (once / 111 pages) adj Anything desired is sought after. Money and love are desired by just about everyone. If your moony eyes don’t have the desired effect, then you’re still not getting seconds on dessert. If you desire something, you crave it. Something desired, then, is an object of desire. A desired job is one that many people seek. A desired cake looks delicious — you see it and you want to have it. When a type of clothing becomes popular, it’s desired by many. Some things are desired because they are rare, like a comic book with the first appearance of Batman. Anything desired is coveted. WORD FAMILYdesired: desiredest, undesired+/desirability: desirabilities/desirable: desirability, desirableness, desirably, undesirable/desire: desirable, desired, desires, desiring, desirous/desiring: undesiring/desirous: desirously, undesirous/undesirable: undesirability, undesirables, undesirably/undesiring: undesiringly USAGE EXAMPLESMeanwhile, season the chicken broth, if desired, with additional fish sauce to taste. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) The new law doesn’t specify where the new program would be housed, nor provide a desired level of funding. Science Magazine(Dec 29, 2016) Because a petition did not produce the desired outcome does not mean it failed, he added. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) 1adj greatly desired Syn coveted, in demand, sought after desirable worth having or seeking or achieving 2adj wanted intensely it produced the desired effect Syn craved wanted desired or wished for or sought |
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