英 [dɪˈzaɪə(r)] 美 [dɪˈzaɪər]
n. 愿望，欲望，渴望；情欲，性欲
v. 渴望，想望；<正式>要求，请求；被……吸引，对……产生性欲
【名】 （Desire）（英、刚）德西雷（人名）
复数desires
第三人称单数desires
现在分词desiring
过去式desired
过去分词desired
desire /dɪˈzaɪə/ CET4 TEM4 [ desiring desired desires ]
可数名词 A desire is a strong wish to do or have something. 愿望
I had a strong desire to help and care for people.
我有一股强烈的帮助和关心别人的愿望。
及物动词 If you desire something, you want it. 想要
She had remarried and desired a child with her new husband.
她再婚了，想跟新任丈夫生一个孩子。
形容词 想要的; 渴望的
You may find that just threatening this course of action will produce the desired effect.
你会发现仅仅是威胁要采取这个行动就能产生想要的效果。
不可数名词 Desire for someone is a strong feeling of wanting to have sex with them. 性欲
It's common to lose your sexual desire when you have your first child.
有了第一个孩子后，丧失性欲是常见的事。
这是家喻户晓的故事，它传神的描述灵性成长的渴望与其结果之关系。 你可能听说渴望（desire）是件坏事。但是你的渴望教你认识自己与实相的本质。
通用万能理由 效率（efficient） 环保（environmental） 节约（economical） 愿望（desire） 持久性（durability） 方便（convenience） 被认可感（acknowledgement） 成就感（achievement） 这些万能...
... desirable a.值得拥有的；合意的 desire v./n.想要；期望；要求 desperate a.拼命的，极度渴望的 ...
敬畏他的、他必成就他们的心愿(Desire)，也必听他们的呼求、拯救他们。
desired 渴望，要求（desire的过去分词形式）
We all desire health and happiness.
我们都渴望健康和幸福。
The desire for revenge can be overpowering.
复仇的愿望会是抵挡不住的。
He was overestimating their desire for peace.
他高估了他们对和平的渴望。
These reforms were proposed to make the government serve the people and carry out more fully their desire for social progress.
VOA : special.2010.09.16
All right. Now quickly, as to the plot: desire emerges or begins as the narratable. What is the unnarratable?
好的我们赶快再来看情节：,欲望开始的时候是叙述性的，那么什么是不可叙述的呢？
文学理论导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
Fishing is seen here, as in the earlier poem, as an image of quest and an image of desire.
和早期是一样，这里渔夫，代表探索和欲望。
现代诗歌课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
And he did not stop there. His desire to increase understanding among people took him to other countries as well.
VOA : special.2010.01.18
This young man must struggle between his moral beliefs and his desire to seek punishment for his father's death.
VOA : special.2010.01.06
Inspired by a desire to sleep indoors rather than on a park bench, I called her.
Unless our desire to rebuild is fierce, Young says the country will suffer a gaping cultural hole.
But when the final analysis happened, somehow, financial gain reigns out above the desire to do good.
"desire"是个多义词，它可以指desire（英语单词）,desire（Do as Infinity演唱歌曲）,desire（Years & Years歌曲）,desire（美乡秋演唱歌曲）,Desire（水树奈々演唱歌曲）,desire（爱尔兰乐队U2的歌曲）,Desire（周震南演唱歌曲）。