desire

【发音】

美 /dɪ'zaɪɚ/ 英 /dɪ'zaɪə/

【翻译】

1. vt.想要，渴望

   英释:to want something very much

2. n. 愿望， 欲望

   英释:a strong hope or wish

【记忆】

要求(desire)退休(retire)

【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. Add lemon juice if desired .

   需要的话加点柠檬汁。

【真题例句】

1. (2015.6 • CET6 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...there is urgent desire to boost the economy as quickly as possible...

2. (2014.6 • CET6 • 第一套 • 听力题)...It’s not that they weren’t interested; they obviously appreciated his instruction andshowed a desire to learn...

3. (2014.6 • CET6 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...For investors who desire low risk and guaranteed income...

4. (2014.6 • CET6 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...But it is natural to desire to do so for special occasions...

5. (2014.12 • CET6 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...believing that we tend to get carried away in our desire to reduce everything to the quantifiable...

6. (2014.12 • CET6 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...needs and desire are easily satisfied...

7. (2013.6 • CET6 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...The move was prompted by OPEC's desire to raise prices by restricting supply and by its opposition to US support of Israel in the Arab-Israeli Yom Kippur War...

8. (2009.12 • CET6 • • 写作题)...it is more important to pave the way for their desire to know than to put them on a diet of facts they are not ready to assimilate...

【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）