desire

Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

desire UK [dɪˈzaɪə r ] US [-ˈzaɪr] verb transitive not continuous formal [ desires desiring desired ]
 
WANT

1. to want something, especially strongly
• I desire only to be left in peace.
• The hotel had everything you could possibly desire.
• What does her Ladyship desire me to do/desire of me?
• + to infinitive The President desires to meet the new Prime Minister.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Wanting things ↑Hoping and hopefulness
 
SEXUAL NEED

2. to have a strong feeling that you want to have sex with someone
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Sexual attraction ↑Attractive
Idiom: somebody's heart's desire
 
noun
 
WANT

1. <I > countable or uncountable a strong feeling that you want something
• I certainly have no desire to have children.
• There is a strong desire for peace among the people.
• He needed to satisfy his desire for revenge.
• + to infinitive She had a burning/strong desire to go back to her home country before she died.
• Several people have expressed a desire to see the report.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Feelings of desire
 
• The team were goaded on by their desire to be first to complete the course.
• He is genuinely motivated by a desire to help people.
• She felt an overwhelming desire to tell someone about what had happened.
• He repressed a sudden desire to cry.
• His desire for political power apparently knows no bounds.
 
SEXUAL NEED

2. uncountable formal the strong feeling that you want to have sex with someone
• sexual desire
• Beatrice was the object of Dante's desire.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Sexual attraction ↑Attractive

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  hope, trust, want