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- a strong feeling of wanting to have something or wishing for something to happen渴望; 欲望; 愿望：
with infinitive she has no desire to become a wife and mother.她不想结婚生孩子。
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- mass noun strong sexual feeling or appetite强烈的性欲：
they were clinging together in fierce mutual desire.
他们紧紧抱在一起, 彼此都充满了性的渴求。
with obj.
1- strongly wish for or want (something)渴望：
he never achieved the status he so desired
他从没得到自己渴求的地位
as adj. desired it failed to create the desired effect.这没有产生预期效果。
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- want (someone) sexually对…有性欲：
there had been a time, years ago, when he had desired her.
多年前他也有段时间想要她。
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- archaic express a wish to (someone); request or entreat〈古〉祝愿（某人）; 要求; 恳求。
词源
Middle English: from Old French desir (noun)， desirer (verb)， from Latin desiderare （see DESIDERATE）.