be dying for something/to do somethingspokenWANT to want something very much 极想要某物/渴望做某事 I’m dying for a cup of tea. 我很想喝杯茶。
She was dying to ask where he’d got it. 她很想问他是从哪里弄到的。
I’m dying to see what it is. 我很想看看这究竟是什么。
be dying for something/to do something• He was dying for a cigarette.• He was dying for a long time, then there was a year of mourning, now we have a new emperor.• My experience in workshops is that people are dying for more honest forms of communication.• She was dying for him to leave so she could get on with business.• The ill are dying for want of medicines.• To know what they might be dying for.
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