desire
英 [d?'za??]
美[d?'za??]
- n. 欲望；要求，心愿；性欲
- vt. 想要；要求；希望得到…
- vi. 渴望
- n. (Desire)人名；(剛(布)、英)德西雷
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詞態變化
復數:?desires;第三人稱單數:?desires;過去式:?desired;過去分詞:?desired;現在分詞:?desiring;
助記提示
1. 弟弟在啊！
desire渴望。
desiderate渴望。
〔愿望得〈de〉到滿足，先生(sir)見到嫦娥〈e〉〕
desire渴望。
desiderate渴望。
〔愿望得〈de〉到滿足，先生(sir)見到嫦娥〈e〉〕
中文詞源
desire 渴望
來自法語，來自拉丁語de sidere, 星星，星辰，詞源同consider, sidereal. 來自古代的占星術，通過星辰移位來推測人世變遷，期望星辰按理想的狀態運行，引申詞義渴望。參照disaster.
英文詞源
- desire
- desire: [13] The underlying etymological meaning of desire is something of a mystery. Like consider, it comes ultimately from a base related to Latin sīdus ‘star’, but the links in the semantic chain that would lead us back from ‘desire’ to ‘star’ have not all been successfully reconstructed. It does at least seem, though, that before the word denoted ‘wanting’, it signified ‘lack’. English acquired it via Old French desirer, but has also gone back directly to the past participle of Latin dēsīderāre for desideratum ‘something desirable’ [17].
=> consider, sidereal - desire (v.)
- early 13c., from Old French desirrer (12c.) "wish, desire, long for," from Latin desiderare "long for, wish for; demand, expect," original sense perhaps "await what the stars will bring," from the phrase de sidere "from the stars," from sidus (genitive sideris) "heavenly body, star, constellation" (but see consider). Related: Desired; desiring.
- desire (n.)
- c. 1300, from Old French desir, from desirer (see desire (v.)); sense of "lust" is first recorded mid-14c.
雙語例句
- 1. The desire to be a mother may creep up on you unexpectedly.
- 你會不知不覺地產生想當母親的渴望。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. She confessed to her parents her desire to act.
- 她向父母坦言了自己想演戲的愿望。
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- 3. I had a strong desire to help and care for people.
- 我非常渴望能夠幫助和照顧他人。
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- 4. The sight of him entering a room could flood her with desire.
- 見到他進入房間會讓她心中欲望澎湃。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. He was extremely devious in his efforts to achieve his heart's desire.
- 他在設法得到自己的中意之物時會不擇手段。
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