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desire
时间: 2024-04-06 10:03:16
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英 [dɪˈzaɪə]

n.愿望;渴望;期望;性欲;情欲;

vt.渴望;期望;想望;想与…发生性关系;

双语例句
  • We all desire health and happiness.

    我们都渴望健康和幸福。

    《牛津词典》
  • The desire for revenge can be overpowering.

    复仇的愿望会是抵挡不住的。

    《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
  • He was overestimating their desire for peace.

    他高估了他们对和平的渴望。

    《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
  • He was imbued with a desire for social justice.

    他满怀着寻求社会正义的愿望。

    《牛津词典》
  • She confessed to her parents her desire to act.

    她向父母承认了她想表演的欲望。

    《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
  • I had a strong desire to help and care for people.

    我有一股强烈的帮助和关心别人的愿望。

    《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
  • He has never camouflaged his desire to better himself.

    他从不掩饰自己想不断提升的愿望。

    《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
  • She had been nursing a secret desire to see him again.

    她一直暗暗渴望再次见到他。

    《牛津词典》
  • My yearning to be rich was an insane, unwholesome desire.

    我对致富的渴望疯狂且不正常。

    《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
  • This condition decreases sexual desire and responsiveness.

    这种情况会降低性的欲望和敏感。

    《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
  • He evinced a strong desire to be reconciled with his family.

    他表现出与家人和好的强烈愿望。

    《牛津词典》
  • It is sad to see a man so corrupted by the desire for money and power.

    看到一个人被金钱和权力欲望所腐蚀很可悲。

    《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
  • It's common to lose your sexual desire when you have your first child.

    有了第一个孩子后,丧失性欲是常见的事。

    《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
  • It's difficult to reconcile the demands of my job and the desire to be a good father.

    协调我工作的要求与我当个好父亲的愿望很难。

    《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
  • What sets Rice apart from most engineers is his constant desire to innovate and experiment.

    赖斯与大多数工程师不同之处在于他不断地渴望创新和实验。

    《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
  • Parents' natural desire to protect their children should be counterbalanced by the child's need for independence.

    父母保护孩子的本能愿望应当与孩子独立的需要相平衡。

    《牛津词典》
  • This desire suddenly came upon Tom one day.

    有一天,汤姆突然有了这个愿望。

  • Compassion is a desire within us to help others.

    同情是我们内心想要帮助他人的一种欲望。

  • Was the desire of his soul to be satisfied at last?

    他心中的愿望终于可以得到满足了吗?

  • Music appeals to our desire and our need for movement.

    音乐迎合了我们对运动的渴望和需要。

  • Human lives are governed by the desire to experience joy.

    人生是由体验快乐的欲望所支配的。

  • The justifications change. The desire for more trees remains constant.

    理由在变,但对更多树木的渴望是不变的。

  • Actually, all of us desire to achieve success, but sometimes our actions don't correspond with what we desire.

    实际上,我们所有人都渴望成功,但是有时候我们的行动与目标并不一致。

  • They were actuated by desire.

    他们被欲望所驱使。

    《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
  • He has expressed a desire to see you.

    他表示想见见你。

    《牛津词典》
  • She had no desire to rake over the past.

    她不想旧事重提。

    《牛津词典》
  • The house had everything you could desire.

    这房子你要什么有什么。

    《牛津词典》
  • The desire to look attractive is universal.

    爱美之心人皆有之。

    《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
  • Desire for status can be a powerful motivator.

    追逐地位的欲望可以成为强大的动力。

    《牛津词典》
  • She felt an overwhelming desire to return home.

    她感到想回家的愿望难以遏制。

    《牛津词典》
短语搭配
  • desire for

    渴望

  • sexual desire

    性欲

  • a burning desire

    强烈的愿望

  • sincere desire

    诚心诚意

  • desire under the elms

    榆树下的欲望(尤金奥尼尔的戏剧)

近义词
n. 欲望;要求,心愿;性欲
vt. 想要;要求;希望得到…
vi. 渴望
同义词辨析

desire, wish, hope, expect, want, long

这些动词都有\希望\之意。

  • desire : 语气较正式庄重,着重渴望的力量与热切,常含有强烈的意图和目的。

  • wish : 语气较弱,多指难于实现或不可能实现的愿望。

  • hope : 指对愿望实现有一定信心的希望。

  • expect : 通常指有很大程度的把握,但仍含有预料之意,或预计某事或某行动的发生。

  • want : 一般指所想要的东西是切望得到的东西,能弥补实际需要。

  • long : 语气强,指极殷切地盼望着,这种盼望侧重于很难或不可能得到的东西。有时也指一般愿望,但含一定感情色彩。

考纲分布

6年出现 3

重要程度
  • 100%

    v/n 渴望

考纲释义
  • v/n. 渴望

    英文释义:

    a strong wish to have or do something

    真题例句:

    • People's desire to own precious art works at low prices.

      人们渴望以低廉的价格拥有珍贵的艺术品。

      [2019年 温州卷 阅读理解]
    • Not every job application or desired friendship will work out.

      不是每一份工作申请或想要的友谊都能起作用。

      [2018年 苏州卷 阅读表达]
考纲分布

12年出现 6

重要程度
  • 100%

    v/n 渴望

考纲释义
  • v/n. 渴望

    英文释义:

    a strong wish to have or do something

    真题例句:

    • He showed us that even a single desire, never given up on, can make for a remarkable life.

      他告诉我们,即使只有一个愿望,只要永不放弃,也能拥有非凡的人生。

      [2021年 浙江卷 阅读理解]
    • Her passionate desire for fame.

      她渴望成名的热情。

      [2021年 天津卷 阅读理解]
    • Publishers already in business, people who were owners of successful papers, had little desire to change the tradition.

      已经开始营业的出版商,那些拥有成功报纸的人,并不想改变这一传统。

      [2019年 全国卷3 阅读理解]
必考派生词
  • desirableadj. 合意的;理想的;可取的;动人的

单词辨析
  • anticipate指对未来的期望,一般是对好事的期待。

  • await书面用词,指对将要或预料要发生的事怍于期待状态。

  • desire语气较正式庄重,着重渴望的力量与热切,常含有强烈的意图和目的。

  • expect通常指有很大程度的把握,但仍含有预料之意,或预计某事或某行动的发生。

  • hope指希望得到积极、有利的结果,所期待的可能实现,也可能不会实现。

  • long语气强,指极殷切地盼望着,这种盼望侧重于很难或不可能得到的东西。有时也指一般愿望,但含一定感情色彩。

真题例句
  • But it is useful to bear in mind that all such changes come from the technology and not some imagined desire by parents to keep their children under their wings.

    2015年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
  • Few people I know seem to have much desire or time to cook.

    2018年高考英语浙江卷 语法填空 原文
  • From the earliest ages, they desire to help others, to share information and to participate in achieving common goals.

    2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文
  • He had a strong desire to free her family from trouble.

    2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 选项
  • I had a strong desire to reach in and play with the toy, but was held back thankfully by the shop window.

    2015年高考英语湖南卷 单项选择 原文
  • If you desire physical activities, you can choose activities from swimming to horse riding.

    2019年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文
  • In 2004 , when my daughter Becky was ten, she and my husband, Joe, were united in their desire for a dog.

    2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
  • In addition to being more in touch with the food she's eating, another joy comes from passing this knowledge and this desire for good food to her children.

    2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文
  • It doesn't always bring the desired result.

    2017年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读C 选项
  • Our students come from different backgrounds but have the same desire to learn online.

    2015年高考英语安徽卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文
  • Over the years, Parisian cafes have fallen victim to changes in the French lifestyle-longer working hours, a fast food boom and a younger generation's desire to spend more time at home.

    2015年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
  • Perhaps this is what photos are for: to remind us that we all appreciate beauty, that we all share a common desire for pleasure, for connection, for something that is greater than us.

    2017年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文
  • Publishers already in business, people who were owners of successful papers, had little desire to change the tradition.

    2019年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读C 原文
  • Raynor rolled all oveR&Desired a bath.

    2018年高考英语江苏卷 完形填空 原文
  • Reading satisfies my desire to keep learning.

    2019年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文
  • So if we send out a robot with the single instruction of fetching coffee, it will have a strong desire to secure success by disabling its own off switch or even killing anyone who might interfere with its task.

    2017年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
  • Success means getting personal desires satisfied.

    2019年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读B 选项
  • Therefore, there is the desire for their dorms to be replacement homes and not places to experience intellectual growth.

    2016年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
  • Whatever our circumstances, we generally still have dreams, hopes and desires—that little something more we want for ourselves and our loved ones.

    2015年高考英语福建卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
考纲分布

12年出现 36

重要程度
  • 61%

    v/n 渴望

  • 39%

    v/n 请求

考纲释义
  • v/n. 渴望

    英文释义:

    a strong wish to have or do something

    真题例句:

    • Feeling bored may signal the desire for a greater sense of community and the feeling that you fit in with others around you.

      感到无聊可能意味着你渴望更大的群体感,希望自己能与周围的人融洽相处。

      [2021年 CET4 阅读理解C]
    • It allows workers to do whatever their hearts desire.

      它允许工人做任何他们想做的事。

      [2021年 CET4 听力]
    • Michigan's dominance in auto research and development is under attack from several states and countries which desire to replace our leadership in transportation.

      密西根在汽车研发和发展方面的主导地位受到了其他州和国家的威胁,他们想取代密西根州在交通领域的领导地位。

      [2019年 CET4 阅读理解]
  • v/n. 请求

    英文释义:

    express a wish to someone

必考短语
必考派生词
  • undesirableadj. 不合意的;有害的;讨厌的;令人不愉快的

  • desirableadj. 合意的;理想的;可取的;动人的

  • desirabilityn. 愿望;有利条件;希求;合意

单词辨析
  • anticipate指对未来的期望,一般是对好事的期待。

  • await书面用词,指对将要或预料要发生的事怍于期待状态。

  • desire语气较正式庄重,着重渴望的力量与热切,常含有强烈的意图和目的。

  • expect通常指有很大程度的把握,但仍含有预料之意,或预计某事或某行动的发生。

  • hope指希望得到积极、有利的结果,所期待的可能实现,也可能不会实现。

  • long语气强,指极殷切地盼望着,这种盼望侧重于很难或不可能得到的东西。有时也指一般愿望,但含一定感情色彩。

真题例句
  • Readiness to take advantage of new opportunities will make it easier to create one's desired future.

    出自-2017年6月阅读原文
  • I have no desire to make millions of dollars.

    出自-2017年6月阅读原文
  • And when we retrieve ( ' , 检索) information, both the desired and associated but irrelevant information is recalled.

    出自-2017年6月阅读原文
  • The desire for a future reward is overwhelming.

    出自-2016年12月阅读原文
  • It may shed light on people's desire to crack a secret.

    出自-2016年12月阅读原文
  • Increasingly, companies are tapping into these desires directly through what has come to be known as gamification: essentially, turning work into a game.

    出自-2016年12月阅读原文
  • By contrast, a Danish tax on foods high in fats was abandoned a year after its introduction, amid claims that consumers were avoiding it by crossing the border to Germany to satisfy their desire for cheaper, fattier fare.

    出自-2016年12月阅读原文
  • Human lives are governed by the desire to experience joy.

    出自-2015年12月阅读原文
  • Similarly, the researchers say, being presented with junk food stimulates our desire to eat it.

    出自-2013年6月阅读原文
  • curb his desire for online gaming

    出自-2010年6月阅读原文
  • She had a desire to help others.

    出自-2013年12月听力原文
  • michigan's dominance in auto research and development is under attack from several states and countries which desire to replace our leadership in transportation.

    2019年6月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section A
  • The journalist Ian Leslie, in his new and enjoyable book Curious: The Desire to Know and Why Your Future Depends on it, insists that the answer to that last question is Yes.

    2017年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B
  • Women struggle to say no in the workplace for similar reasons, including the desire to be liked by their colleagues.

    2017年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C
考纲分布

12年出现 27

重要程度
  • 56%

    v/n 渴望

  • 44%

    v/n 请求

考纲释义
  • v/n. 渴望

    英文释义:

    a strong wish to have or do something

    真题例句:

    • Ageing is a curious thing, and people's desire to beat it and death has become an industry worth hundreds of billions of dollars.

      衰老是一件奇怪的事情,人们渴望战胜它,死亡已经成为一个价值数千亿美元的产业。

      [2021年 CET6 听力]
    • They are effective for the sharing of data reports, but they are hopeless if what a manager's desiring is a change in behavior.

      它们对于数据报告的共享是有效的,但如果管理者渴望的是行为上的改变,它们就没有希望了。

      [2021年 CET6 听力]
    • What is in the best interest of a deceased person's legacy may conflict with the desires of their family or the public.

      死者遗产的最大利益可能会与家人或公众的渴望相冲突。

      [2021年 CET6 阅读理解]
    • Civilian aviation is being disrupted, not by the age-old desires for speed romanticism and glamour.

      民航正在受到干扰,不是因为人们对速度、浪漫主义和魅力的长久以来的渴望。

      [2019年 CET6 阅读理解]
  • v/n. 请求

    英文释义:

    express a wish to someone

必考短语
必考派生词
  • desirousadj. 渴望的

  • undesirableadj. 不合意的;有害的;讨厌的;令人不愉快的

  • desirableadj. 合意的;理想的;可取的;动人的

  • desirabilityn. 愿望;有利条件;希求;合意

单词辨析
  • anticipate指对未来的期望, 一般是对好事的期待。

  • await书面用词, 指对将要或预料要发生的事怍于期待状态。

  • desire语气较正式庄重, 着重渴望的力量与热切, 常含有强烈的意图和目的。

  • expect通常指有很大程度的把握, 但仍含有预料之意, 或预计某事或某行动的发生。

  • hope指希望得到积极、有利的结果, 所期待的可能实现, 也可能不会实现。

  • long语气强, 指极殷切地盼望着, 这种盼望侧重于很难或不可能得到的东西。有时也指一般愿望, 但含一定感情色彩。

真题例句
  • Sternberg would argue it’s not love if you don’t call it love and if you don’t have some desire to maintain the relationship.

    出自-2016年12月听力原文
  • For investors who desire low risk and guaranteed income,U.S. Government bonds are a secure investment because these bonds have the financial backing and full faith and credit of the federal government.

    出自-2014年6月阅读原文
  • But it is natural to desire to do so for special occasions

    出自-2014年6月阅读原文
  • It still leaves much to be desired.

    出自-2013年12月阅读原文
  • It may not be able to yield the desired results

    出自-2013年12月阅读原文
  • We tend to equate(等同于)happiness with freedom, but, as the psychotherapist and writer Adam Phillips has observed, without obstacles to our desires it's harder to know what we want, or where we're heading.

    出自-2013年12月阅读原文
  • The novelist Edward St Aubyn has a narrator remark of the very rich that, \not having to consider affordability, their desires rambled on like unstoppable bores, relentless (持续不断的) and whimsical(反复无常的)at the same time

    出自-2013年12月阅读原文
  • million jobs lost in the last three months, there is urgent desire to boost the economy as quickly as possible.

    出自-2013年6月阅读原文
  • The move was prompted by OPEC's desire to raise prices by restricting supply and by its opposition to US support of Israel in the Arab-Israeli Yom Kippur War

    出自-2013年6月阅读原文
  • Organizations cannot thrive without being focused on their desired end results any more than an individual can thrive without goals to provide a sense of purpose.

    出自-2012年6月阅读原文
  • To achieve a desired vision for your business, it is vital that you have a personal vision of where you are headed and what you value.

    出自-2011年12月阅读原文
  • Their desire to change America.

    出自-2010年6月阅读原文
  • If the farm is well managed and has enough land, and the desire to convert is sincere, a relationship can begin.

    2019年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B
  • One could therefore present Napoleon in terms of his desire to impress or Churchill in terms of his lonely gloom.

    2018年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B
  • Sternberg would argue it's not love if you don't call it love and if you don't have some desire to maintain the relationship.

    2016年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C
  • Their desire for social drama is not—or not only—a way of distracting themselves from their school work or of driving adults crazy.

    2018年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B
  • While farming is often difficult for both the body and mine, Sanchez says he and many of his fellow young farmers are motivated by desire to set a new standard for agriculture.

    2019年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section B
考纲分布

18年出现 19

重要程度
  • 100%

    v/n 渴望; 欲望

考纲释义
  • v/n. 渴望; 欲望

    英文释义:

    a strong wish to have or do something; strong sexual feeling or appetite; want (someone) sexually

    真题例句:

    • Consider the person that you're dealing with in advance and what will get you to your desired outcome.

      提前考虑一下你要对付的人,以及怎样才能达到你想要的结果。

      [2020年 英语二 阅读理解B]
    • Parents need to remind their children that their needs and desires may change over time.

      父母需要提醒他们的孩子,他们的需求和渴望可能会随着时间而改变。

      [2019年 英语二 阅读理解B]
    • \Short-termism\ or the desire for quick profits, has worsened in publicly traded companies, says the Bank of England's top economist, Andrew Haldane.

      英格兰银行首席经济学家安德鲁•霍尔丹表示,上市公司的“短期主义”或快速获利的欲望已经恶化。

      [2019年 英语一 阅读理解A]
必考短语
必考派生词
  • undesiredadj. 不想要的;不受欢迎的

  • undesirableadj. 不合意的;有害的;讨厌的;令人不愉快的

  • desirableadj. 合意的;理想的;可取的;动人的

用法讲解
  • 作名词时,后可跟for,也可跟动词不定式,如:a strong desire for power强烈的权力欲He has expressed a desire to see you.他表示想见见你。

真题例句
  • Religious associations began, for example, in the desire to secure the favor of overruling powers and to ward off evil influences; family life in the desire to gratify appetites and secure family perpetuity; systematic labor, for the most part, because of enslavement to others, etc.

    出自-2009年考研翻译原文
  • However, Allen believed that the unconscious mind generates as much action as the conscious mind, and while we may be able to sustain the illusion of control through the conscious mind alone, in reality we are continually faced with a question: “Why cannot I make myself do this or achieve that? ”Since desire and will are damaged by the presence of thoughts that do not accord with desire, Allen concluded : “ We do not attract what we want, but what we are.

    出自-2011年考研翻译原文
  • Dare to be different, please don’t smoke!” pleads one billboard campaign aimed at reducing smoking among teenagers-teenagers, who desire nothing more than fitting in.

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  • Court, school organizations of amateurs, and the traveling actors were all rivals in supplying a widespread desire for dramatic entertainment; and no boy who went a grammar school could be ignorant that the drama was a form of literature which gave glory to Greece and Rome and might yet bring honor to England.

    出自-2018年考研翻译原文
  • \Dare to be different, please don't smoke!\ pleads one billboard campaign aimed at reducing smoking among teenagers-teenagers, who desire nothing more than fitting in.

    2012年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
  • \Short-termism\ or the desire for quick profits, has worsened in publicly traded companies, says the Bank of England's top economist Andrew Haldane.

    2019年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
  • It's a sad reality—our desire to avoid interacting with other human beings—because there's much to be gained from talking to the stranger standing by you.

    2015年考研真题(英语二)完形填空 Section Ⅰ
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