desire
US: /dɪˈzaɪɝ/
UK: /dɪzˈaɪə/
UK: /dɪzˈaɪə/
English Vietnamese dictionary
desire /di'zaiə/
- danh từ
- sự thèm muốn; sự mong muốn, sự ao ước, sự khát khao, sự mơ ước, lòng thèm muốn, lòng khát khao
- to express a desire to do something: tỏ lòng mong muốn làm việc gì
- to statisfy a desire: thoả mãn một sự mơ ước
- vật mong muốn, vật ao ước
- dục vọng
- lời đề nghị, lời yêu cầu; lệnh
- to do something at the desire somebody: làm việc gì theo lời yêu cầu của ai
- sự thèm muốn; sự mong muốn, sự ao ước, sự khát khao, sự mơ ước, lòng thèm muốn, lòng khát khao
- ngoại động từ
- thèm muốn; mong muốn, ao ước, khát khao, mơ ước
- to desire something: ao ước cái gì
- to desire to do something: mong muốn làm việc gì
- đề nghị, yêu cầu; ra lệnh
- to desire somebody to do something: yêu cầu ai làm việc gì
- thèm muốn; mong muốn, ao ước, khát khao, mơ ước
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
1 [C, U] (for sth)
(to do sth) a strong wish to have or do sth: a strong desire for power + enough money to satisfy all your desires + She felt an overwhelming desire to return home. + (formal) I have no desire (= I do not want) to discuss the matter further. + (formal) He has expressed a desire to see you.
2 [U, C] (for sb) a strong wish to have sex with sb: She felt a surge of love and desire for him.
3 [C, usually sing.] a person or thing that is wished for: When she agreed to marry him he felt he had achieved his heart's desire.
+ verb (not used in the progressive tenses)
1 (formal) to want sth; to wish for sth: [VN] We all desire health and happiness. + The house had everything you could desire. + The dessert can be topped with cream, if desired (= if you like). + The medicine did not achieve the desired effect. + [V to inf] Fewer people desire to live in the north of the country. [also VN to inf]
2 to be sexually attracted to sb: [VN] He still desired her, and she him.
Idioms: leave a lot, much, something, etc. to be desired to be bad or unacceptable: The service in the restaurant left a lot to be desired.
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 crave, want, fancy, covet, wish for, hope for, long or yearn for, pine or sigh for, hanker after, have an eye or taste for, hunger or thirst for or after, die for, have one's heart set on, give one's eye-teeth for, Colloq have a yen for, Slang US have the hots for:
I desire nothing but your happiness. He desired her more than anything else in the world.
2 ask for, request, order, demand, solicit, importune, summon, require:
Do you desire anything further, sir?
n.
3 longing, craving, yearning, hankering, hunger, thirst, appetite; passion, lust, libido, lustfulness, concupiscence, lecherousness, lechery, lasciviousness, salaciousness, prurience, Slang hot pants, US the hots; Colloq yen:
He felt desire rising in him like a fever.
4 wish, request, urge, requirement, order, requisition, demand, desideratum; appeal, entreaty, petition:
He fulfils her every desire.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
burning, deep, great, strong, urgent | insatiable, overwhelming
Most children have an insatiable desire for knowledge.
| genuine, real | natural | sexual
VERB + DESIRE
feel, have
I suddenly felt an overwhelming desire to laugh
| express
The chairman expressed his desire to expand the company.
| satisfy | be motivated by
They were motivated by a deep desire for money and fame.
PREP.
~ for
Horses need to satisfy their desire for space and freedom.
PHRASES
an object of desire
He felt he was nothing more to her than an object of desire.
ADV.
greatly, really, sincerely, very much
A home of her own was something she had always very much desired.
Concise English dictionary
desires|desired|desiringdɪ'zaɪə
noun
+the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
+an inclination to want things
+something that is desired
verb
+feel or have a desire for; want strongly
+expect and wish
+express a desire for
