desiring

英 [dɪˈzaɪərɪŋ]

美 [dɪˈzaɪərɪŋ]

v.  渴望; 期望; 想望; 被(某人)吸引; 对(某人)产生性欲
desire的现在分词

COCA.45483

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 渴望;热望;欲望
  Adesireis a strong wish to do or have something.
  1. I had a strong desire to help and care for people...
     我非常渴望能够帮助和照顾他人。
  2. They seem to have lost their desire for life.
     他们似乎已丧失了对生活的热望。
• VERB 渴望;想望;想要
  If youdesiresomething, you want it.
  1. She had remarried and desired a child with her new husband...
     她又结婚了，并且渴望和新任丈夫生个小孩。
  2. But Fred was bored and desired to go home...
     但弗雷德觉得很无聊，想要回家。
  3. He desired me to inform her that he had made his peace with God.
     他想让我告诉她他已接受了上天的安排，获得了心灵的安宁。
• N-UNCOUNT 情欲;肉欲;性欲
  Desirefor someone is a strong feeling of wanting to have sex with them.
  1. Teenage sex, for instance, may come not out of genuine desire but from a need to get love.
     例如，青少年的性行为可能并不是源于真正的情欲，而是出于一种对爱的需要。
• VERB 想与…发生性关系
  If youdesiresomeone, you want to have sex with them.
  1. It never occurred to him that she might not desire him.
     他从没有想过她可能不想跟他上床。
• PHRASE （用于说明性的书面语中）如果需要的话,如果愿意的话
  If desiredis used in instructions in written English to indicate that someone can choose to take the course of action mentioned.
  1. Additional courses may be taken if desired...
     如有需要可选修额外的课程。
  2. Transfer this sauce to a separate saucepan, if desired.
     如果愿意的话，可以把这些调味汁倒入一只单独的长柄锅里。
• PHRASE 心里想望之人;心中渴望之物
  If you say that someone or something is yourheart's desire, you mean that you want that person or thing very much.
  1. He was extremely devious in his efforts to achieve his heart's desire.
     他在设法得到自己的中意之物时会不择手段。
• PHRASE 尚有（许多）需要改进之处;有待（大幅）提高
  If you say that somethingleavesa lotto be desired, you mean that it is not as good as it should be.
  1. The selection of TV programmes, especially at the weekend, leaves a lot to be desired...
     可供选择的电视节目，尤其是在周末的时候，还有大幅提升的空间。
  2. Food seems to have been available, even if the quality left much to be desired...
     食品似乎能够买到了，虽然质量还远不尽如人意。
  3. It is just possible that the accuracy of the information provided might leave something to be desired.
     很有可能所提供信息的准确性还不够高。

双语例句

• About whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, desiring to have judgment against him.
  我在耶路撒冷的时候，祭司长和犹太的长老，将他的事禀报了我，求我定他的罪。
• The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.
  幸福的秘诀在于欣赏但不希冀。
• Desiring to harmonize and clarify rules of origin;
  期望协调和澄清原产地规则；
• Desiring however to ensure that technical regulations and standards, including packaging, marking and labelling requirements, and procedures for assessment of conformity with technical regulations and standards do not create unnecessary obstacles to international trade;
  但是期望保证技术法规和标准，包括对包装、标志和标签的要求，以及对技术法规和标准的合格评定程序不给国际贸易制造不必要的障碍；
• Desiring to intensify the economic cooperation of both States on the basis of equality and mutual benefits;
  愿在平等互利原则的基础上，加强两国间的经济合作。
• This is enough for me, desiring comfort.
  渴望安逸，这环境够我满意了。
• Desiring none of this, not even the celestial happiness of Brahma and Indra, he was deeply moved by the ideal and lotus-like qualities of liberation and Complete Enlightenment.
  他对此一无所求，即使是印度教天神湿婆和帝释天上的幸福，他被解脱和大澈大悟的理想和莲花般的品质所深深地感动了。
• Desiring therefore to encourage the development of such international standards and conformity assessment systems;
  因此期望鼓励制定此类国际标准和合格评定体系；
• Even one small success gives you a taste of success and leaves you desiring more.
  即使一个小小的成功也可以给你尝到成功的甜头并让你欲求更多。
• Desiring to ensure that rules of origin do not nullify or impair the rights of Members under GATT 1994;
  期望保证原产地规则不使各成员在GATT1994项下的权利丧失或减损；