Desire
[dɪ'zaɪə] or [dɪ'zaɪɚ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) an inclination to want things; 'a man of many desires'.
(noun.) the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state.
(noun.) something that is desired.
(verb.) feel or have a desire for; want strongly; 'I want to go home now'; 'I want my own room'.
(verb.) express a desire for.
編輯:帕特里克--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To long for; to wish for earnestly; to covet.
(v. t.) To express a wish for; to entreat; to request.
(v. t.) To require; to demand; to claim.
(v. t.) To miss; to regret.
(v. t.) The natural longing that is excited by the enjoyment or the thought of any good, and impels to action or effort its continuance or possession; an eager wish to obtain or enjoy.
(v. t.) An expressed wish; a request; petition.
(v. t.) Anything which is desired; an object of longing.
(v. t.) Excessive or morbid longing; lust; appetite.
(v. t.) Grief; regret.
乔治娜手打
同義詞及近義詞:
n. Wish, longing, craving, inclination, hankering, aspiration, appetency.
v. a. [1]. Wish, crave, covet, want, fancy, wish for, long for, hanker after, lust after, yearn for, aspire after.[2]. Solicit, request, ask.
手打:弗拉德
同義詞及反義詞:
[See COVET]
SYN:Longing, affection, propension, craving, concupiscence, appetency
ANT:Loathing, hate, repugnance, disgust, aversion, abomination, horror
迪克整理
解釋/意思:
v.t. to long for the possession of: to wish for: to request ask: (B.) to regret.—v.i. to be in a state of desire.—n. an earnest longing for: eagerness to obtain: a prayer or request: the object desired: lust.—adj. Desir′able worthy of desire: pleasing: agreeable.—ns. Desir′ableness Desirabil′ity.—adv. Desir′ably.—adj. Desire′less.—n. Desir′er.—adj. Desir′ous full of desire: anxious to obtain: eager.—adv. Desir′ously.—n. Desir′ousness.
整理:辛克莱
例句/造句/用法:
- I believe I could make an independent fortune in a few years if I devoted myself exclusively to portraits, so great is the desire for good portraits in the different country towns. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Then the wise and good will not desire to gain more than his like, but more than his unlike and opposite? 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- We desire that, too; that he may not by any chance be made her prey again. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- But the desire did not last long enough to carry him into action. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Her life was ebbing fast, when her friends acceded to her earnest desire to be removed to a more airy situation. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- I assure you I have no desire to be controversial. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- No; I do not desire to return to the world, with all its tumult, ambitions, and fret. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- Eunice desires nothing—except myself; but as for Mrs Dengelton, she thinks I am poor. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- All other things, our powers our desires, our food, are all really necessary for our existence in the first instance. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- As for my father, his desires and exertions were bounded to the again seeing me restored to health and peace of mind. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- But his own desires are not abolished. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- The servant took hold of me by the cloak behind, and said: Polemarchus desires you to wait. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- The State is all-sufficing for the wants of man, and, like the idea of the Church in later ages, absorbs all other desires and affections. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- Then if there be any city which may be described as master of its own pleasures and desires, and master of itself, ours may claim such a designation? 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- This was a class of plant which the inquirers desired to purchase outright and operate themselves, usually because of remoteness from any possible source of general supply of current. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- I am authorised to tell him that Miss Verinder willingly consents to place her house at our disposal; and, that said, I am desired to add no more. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- I had learned that General Buell himself would be at Savannah the next day, and desired to meet me on his arrival. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- The Mexican war was a political war, and the administration conducting it desired to make party capital out of it. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- The good woman was desired to leave the witness-box. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- The paper, cut into the desired form by a separate machine, was piled up on one side of the envelope folder. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- The length of time in boiling depends upon the depth of color desired. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- A broker desiring to buy shares of a certain stock will go to the part allotted to that stock and call out its name with the number of shares wished and the price he will pay. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- As they were all going out again, he favoured her with one slight roll of his movable eye, desiring her to linger behind. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- We are told that, While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Words that were scarcely uttered when their theme was announced as in faithful attendance below, desiring counsel on a spiritual matter. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- There is hardly any desiring to refresh such a memory as _that_,said Mr. Knightley, feelingly; and for a moment or two he had done. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- I saw the porter give my note to a servant in livery, desiring him to take it to His Grace's valet. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
卡洛整理