desire

noun

1. 愿望；欲望；渴望
   a strong wish to have or do sth
   1. a strong desire for power
      强烈的权力欲
   2. enough money to satisfy all your desires
      足够的钱来满足你所有的欲望
   3. She felt an overwhelming desire to return home.
      她感到想回家的愿望难以遏制。
   4. I have no desire (= I do not want) to discuss the matter further.
      我不想再谈此事。
   5. He has expressed a desire to see you.
      他表示想见见你。
2. 情欲；肉欲；性欲
   a strong wish to have sex with sb
   1. She felt a surge of love and desire for him.
      她对他骤生爱意，欲火攻心。
3. 想望的人；渴望的事物
   a person or thing that is wished for
   1. When she agreed to marry him he felt he had achieved his heart's desire .
      当她答应嫁给他时，他感到终于得到了自己的心上人。

verb

1. 渴望；期望；想望
   to want sth; to wish for sth
   1. We all desire health and happiness.
      我们都渴望健康和幸福。
   2. The house had everything you could desire.
      这房子你要什么有什么。
   3. The medicine did not achieve the desired effect .
      这种药未达到预期效果。
   4. Fewer people desire to live in the north of the country.
      想住在这个国家北方的人就更少了。
2. 被（某人）吸引；对（某人）产生性欲
   to be sexually attracted to sb
   1. He still desired her.
      他依然对她有欲望。

1. N-COUNT 渴望;热望;欲望
   A desire is a strong wish to do or have something.
   1. I had a strong desire to help and care for people...
      我非常渴望能够帮助和照顾他人。
   2. They seem to have lost their desire for life.
      他们似乎已丧失了对生活的热望。
2. VERB 渴望;想望;想要
   If you desire something, you want it.
   1. She had remarried and desired a child with her new husband...
      她又结婚了，并且渴望和新任丈夫生个小孩。
   2. But Fred was bored and desired to go home...
      但弗雷德觉得很无聊，想要回家。
   3. He desired me to inform her that he had made his peace with God.
      他想让我告诉她他已接受了上天的安排，获得了心灵的安宁。
3. N-UNCOUNT 情欲;肉欲;性欲
   Desire for someone is a strong feeling of wanting to have sex with them.
   1. Teenage sex, for instance, may come not out of genuine desire but from a need to get love.
      例如，青少年的性行为可能并不是源于真正的情欲，而是出于一种对爱的需要。
4. VERB 想与…发生性关系
   If you desire someone, you want to have sex with them.
   1. It never occurred to him that she might not desire him.
      他从没有想过她可能不想跟他上床。
5. PHRASE （用于说明性的书面语中）如果需要的话,如果愿意的话
   If desired is used in instructions in written English to indicate that someone can choose to take the course of action mentioned.
   1. Additional courses may be taken if desired...
      如有需要可选修额外的课程。
   2. Transfer this sauce to a separate saucepan, if desired.
      如果愿意的话，可以把这些调味汁倒入一只单独的长柄锅里。
6. PHRASE 心里想望之人;心中渴望之物
   If you say that someone or something is your heart's desire, you mean that you want that person or thing very much.
   1. He was extremely devious in his efforts to achieve his heart's desire.
      他在设法得到自己的中意之物时会不择手段。
7. PHRASE 尚有（许多）需要改进之处;有待（大幅）提高
   If you say that something leaves a lot to be desired, you mean that it is not as good as it should be.
   1. The selection of TV programmes, especially at the weekend, leaves a lot to be desired...
      可供选择的电视节目，尤其是在周末的时候，还有大幅提升的空间。
   2. Food seems to have been available, even if the quality left much to be desired...
      食品似乎能够买到了，虽然质量还远不尽如人意。
   3. It is just possible that the accuracy of the information provided might leave something to be desired.
      很有可能所提供信息的准确性还不够高。

1. Her desire was closer to passion than love.
   她的欲望更近似于激情，而非爱情。
2. She confessed to her parents her desire to act
   她向父母坦言了自己想演戏的愿望。
3. 'I had no desire to be a mother — I had a child, that's all.'
   “我不渴望当妈妈，我有一个孩子了，如此而已。”
4. It is sad to see a man so corrupted by the desire for money and power.
   看到一个人因为追逐金钱和权力而如此腐化真是悲哀。
5. I had a strong desire to help and care for people
   我非常渴望能够帮助和照顾他人。
6. They seem to have lost their desire for life.
   他们似乎已丧失了对生活的热望。
7. She had remarried and desired a child with her new husband
   她又结婚了，并且渴望和新任丈夫生个小孩。
8. But Fred was bored and desired to go home
   但弗雷德觉得很无聊，想要回家。
9. He desired me to inform her that he had made his peace with God.
   他想让我告诉她他已接受了上天的安排，获得了心灵的安宁。
10. Teenage sex, for instance, may come not out of genuine desire but from a need to get love.
    例如，青少年的性行为可能并不是源于真正的情欲，而是出于一种对爱的需要。
11. It never occurred to him that she might not desire him.
    他从没有想过她可能不想跟他上床。
12. Additional courses may be taken if desired
    如有需要可选修额外的课程。
13. Transfer this sauce to a separate saucepan, if desired.
    如果愿意的话，可以把这些调味汁倒入一只单独的长柄锅里。
14. He was extremely devious in his efforts to achieve his heart's desire.
    他在设法得到自己的中意之物时会不择手段。
15. The selection of TV programmes, especially at the weekend, leaves a lot to be desired
    可供选择的电视节目，尤其是在周末的时候，还有大幅提升的空间。
16. Food seems to have been available, even if the quality left much to be desired
    食品似乎能够买到了，虽然质量还远不尽如人意。
17. It is just possible that the accuracy of the information provided might leave something to be desired.
    很有可能所提供信息的准确性还不够高。
18. These youngsters are motivated not by a desire to achieve, but by fear of failure
    激发这些年轻人的不是对成就的渴望，而是对失败的担心。
19. He had a great desire to have a home of his own for he had always lived with my grandmother.
    他强烈渴望拥有一个属于自己的家，因为他一直和我祖母住在一起。
20. She had a strong desire to be a dancer but failed to make the grade.
    她非常渴望成为舞蹈演员，但却因为达不到标准而未能圆梦。
21. He had lost his desire to live.
    他已失去了活下去的念头。
22. In the contemporary western world, rapidly changing styles cater to a desire for novelty and individualism.
    在当代西方社会，快速变化的时尚迎合了人们追求新奇和个性的需求。
23. With hindsight, he was overestimating their desire for peace.
    事后看来，他高估了他们对和平的渴望。
24. The desire for revenge can be overpowering.
    报复的欲望有时会压倒一切。
25. It's difficult to reconcile the demands of my job and the desire to be a good father
    我很难做到既兼顾工作，又达成做个好父亲的愿望。
26. They are driven on partly by a wish for democracy, but also by a desire for national self-assertion.
    驱动他们的一方面是对民主的期待，另一方面是对民族自立的渴望。
27. I translated this as a mad desire to lock up every single person with HIV.
    我把这点理解为想把每个艾滋病病毒携带者都关起来的疯狂欲望。
28. He seemed to have no desire to go there; besides, his clothes were not good enough.
    他似乎不想去那儿，再加他的衣服也不够体面。
29. Their desire for expansion has increased.
    他们的扩张欲望有增无减。
30. He has a sincere desire to help you.
    他是诚心诚意地想帮助你。

  ambition aspiration desire【导航词义：愿望】

  ambition n. 夙愿；野心

〔辨析〕可用于褒义或贬义，常后接介词 of 或动词不定式。

  aspiration n. 渴望，抱负

〔辨析〕一般用复数，常含褒义，常后接介词 for 或动词不定式。

  desire n. 渴望，欲望

〔辨析〕一般指有强烈的目的和意图，常后接动词不定式、介词 for 以及 that 从句。

  yearn crave desire long pine【导航词义：渴望】

  yearn v. 〈文〉渴望，向往

〔辨析〕尤指渴望得到很难得到的事物，或做难以如愿之事，常伴有些许不安或痛苦。

  crave v. 〈书〉渴望，热望

〔辨析〕指非常强烈、几乎无法控制地渴望某事物，有时甚至是不好的事物。

  desire v. 〈正式〉渴望，期望

〔辨析〕强调主观愿望上热切渴望某事物，多指可以达成的事情，常含尽力争取的意味，不用进行时。

  long v. 渴望，极想

〔辨析〕普通用词，尤指渴望看似不会很快发生的事发生，常后接介词 for 或动词不定式。

  pine for phr. v. 渴望

〔辨析〕尤指渴望得到不太可能得到的事物，含苦苦思念之意。

v.

leave a lot, much, something, etc. to be desired

• 还有许多（或一些等）需要改进的地方
  to be bad or unacceptable

noun

1. an inclination to want things
   1. a man of many desires

2. the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state

3. something that is desired

verb

1. feel or have a desire for
   1. I want to go home now
   2. I want my own room

   Synonym:    want

2. express a desire for

3. expect and wish
   1. I trust you will behave better from now on
   2. I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise

   Synonym:    hopetrust