Desire

(noun.) an inclination to want things; 'a man of many desires'.

(noun.) the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state.

(noun.) something that is desired.

(verb.) feel or have a desire for; want strongly; 'I want to go home now'; 'I want my own room'.

(verb.) express a desire for.

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• I believe I could make an independent fortune in a few years if I devoted myself exclusively to portraits, so great is the desire for good portraits in the different country towns. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Then the wise and good will not desire to gain more than his like, but more than his unlike and opposite? 柏拉图. 理想国.
• We desire that, too; that he may not by any chance be made her prey again. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• But the desire did not last long enough to carry him into action. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Her life was ebbing fast, when her friends acceded to her earnest desire to be removed to a more airy situation. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• I assure you I have no desire to be controversial. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• No; I do not desire to return to the world, with all its tumult, ambitions, and fret. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Eunice desires nothing—except myself; but as for Mrs Dengelton, she thinks I am poor. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• All other things, our powers our desires, our food, are all really necessary for our existence in the first instance. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• As for my father, his desires and exertions were bounded to the again seeing me restored to health and peace of mind. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• But his own desires are not abolished. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• The servant took hold of me by the cloak behind, and said: Polemarchus desires you to wait. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• The State is all-sufficing for the wants of man, and, like the idea of the Church in later ages, absorbs all other desires and affections. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Then if there be any city which may be described as master of its own pleasures and desires, and master of itself, ours may claim such a designation? 柏拉图. 理想国.
• This was a class of plant which the inquirers desired to purchase outright and operate themselves, usually because of remoteness from any possible source of general supply of current. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• I am authorised to tell him that Miss Verinder willingly consents to place her house at our disposal; and, that said, I am desired to add no more. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• I had learned that General Buell himself would be at Savannah the next day, and desired to meet me on his arrival. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The Mexican war was a political war, and the administration conducting it desired to make party capital out of it. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The good woman was desired to leave the witness-box. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• The paper, cut into the desired form by a separate machine, was piled up on one side of the envelope folder. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• The length of time in boiling depends upon the depth of color desired. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• A broker desiring to buy shares of a certain stock will go to the part allotted to that stock and call out its name with the number of shares wished and the price he will pay. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• As they were all going out again, he favoured her with one slight roll of his movable eye, desiring her to linger behind. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• We are told that, While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Words that were scarcely uttered when their theme was announced as in faithful attendance below, desiring counsel on a spiritual matter. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• There is hardly any desiring to refresh such a memory as _that_,said Mr. Knightley, feelingly; and for a moment or two he had done. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• I saw the porter give my note to a servant in livery, desiring him to take it to His Grace's valet. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.

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