1 N-COUNT [oft NOUN to-infinitive] 渴望;热望;欲望 A desire is a strong wish to do or have something. 渴望;热望;欲望
SYN wish, want, longing, need
2 VERB [no cont] 渴望;想望;想要 If you desire something, you want it. 渴望;想望;想要 [formal]
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She had remarried and desired a child with her new husband. [VERB noun]
她又结婚了，并且渴望和新任丈夫生个小孩。
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But Fred was bored and desired to go home. [VERB to-infinitive]
但弗雷德觉得很无聊，想要回家。
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He desired me to inform her that he had made his peace with God. [VERB noun to-infinitive]
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。
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You may find that just threatening this course of action will produce the desired effect.
你会发现只要威胁说将会采取这一行动就能取得预期的效果。
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His warnings have provoked the desired response.
他的警告引起了预想的反应。
3 N-UNCOUNT 情欲;肉欲;性欲 Desire for someone is a strong feeling of wanting to have sex with them. 情欲;肉欲;性欲
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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。
SYN lust, passion, libido, appetite
4 VERB [no cont] 想与…发生性关系 If you desire someone, you want to have sex with them. 想与…发生性关系
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. （用于说明性的书面语中）如果需要的话,如果愿意的话
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Additional courses may be taken if desired.
如有需要可选修额外的课程。
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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 [Ns inflect, usu poss PHR] 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. 心里想望之人;心中渴望之物 [literary]
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. 尚有（许多）需要改进之处;有待（大幅）提高 [disapproval]
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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。
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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。
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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。
Quotations
Sooner murder an infant in his cradle than nurse unacted desires William Blake The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
We do not succeed in changing things according to our desire, but gradually our desire changes Marcel Proust Remembrance of Things Past
There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart's desire. The other is to get it George Bernard Shaw Man and Superman
Other women cloy
The appetites they feed, but she makes hungry
Where most she satisfies William Shakespeare Antony and Cleopatra
If you desire many things, many things will seem but a few Benjamin Franklin Poor Richard's Almanack
| Word Partnership | Use desire with: |
| N. | heart's desire 1 |
| VERB. | have no desire, satisfy a desire 1 desire to change 1 2 express desire 1 3 |
| ADJ. | strong desire 1 3 sexual desire 3 |
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