desire

【发音】

美 /dɪ'zaɪɚ/ 英 /dɪ'zaɪə/

【翻译】

1. v.中文释义；想要：要求

   英释:to want something very much

2. n.愿望

   英释:a strong hope or wish

【记忆】

A Street Car Named Desire 《欲望号街车》

【短语】

1. desire for : 渴望

2. sexual desire : 性欲

3. a burning desire : 强烈的愿望

4. sincere desire : 诚心诚意

5. desire under the elms : 榆树下的欲望（尤金奥尼尔的戏剧）

【例句】

1. The hotel has everything you could possibly desire.

   这家酒店里你想要的东西应有尽有。

2. a strong desire to win

   强烈的求胜欲望

【真题例句】

1. (2017.12 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...Women struggle to say “no” in the workplace for similar reasons, including the desire to be liked by their colleagues...

2. (2016.12 • CET4 • 第一套 • 写作题)...to take a job in a company meets my desire of learning from practice and support my parents financially...

3. (2015.6 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...being presented with junk food stimulates our desire to eat it...

4. (2015.12 • CET4 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...Human lives are governed by the desire to experience joy...

5. (2011.12 • CET4 • • 写作题)...strong will is an important condition or role of the success the individual should desire to maintain forever...

【同、近义词】

1. n.欲望；要求，心愿；性欲

   requirement/wants/do/need/wish/

2. vt.想要；要求；希望得到…

   feel like/wanna/require/mean/exact/

3. vi.渴望

   rare/aspire/long for/yearn for/die for/

【同根词】

1. adj

   desirable : 令人满意的；值得要的

   desired : 渴望的；想得到的

   desirous : 渴望的；想要的

2. n

   desirable : 合意的人或事物

   desirability : 愿望；有利条件；值得向往的事物；合意

   desirableness : 满意；愿望

3. v

   desired : 渴望，要求（desire的过去分词形式）