释义 |
Examples:leave nothing to be desired—return to the same school and repeat a course from which one has already graduated, as a result of failing to get good enough results to progress to one's desired higher-level school—get the desired outcome by flattery—produce the opposite of the desired result—impersonate sb but gain the opposite of the desired effect [idiom.]—motivated by a desire see the world in chaos—feeling or desire do sth—desire exist (in Buddhism, tanhā)—the desire live in retirement—drool with desire (idiom); to envy—aroused (of desire, emotion, interest etc)—desire for the public good—hatred and desire for revenge—bottomless pit of desire (idiom); insatiable greed—sex demon (a spirit that enters people's souls and makes them desire sex)—By nature we desire food and sex.—interest (desire know about sth)—have a voracious desire for—lit. drool with desire [idiom.]— |