desire[英][dɪˈzaɪə(r)][美][ dɪˈzaɪr]vt.渴望; 希望; 要求; 请求; n.欲望; 愿望; 希望; 请求; vi.愿望; 有希望; 期望; 想望; 例句 1 They are driven on partly by a wish for democracy, but also by a desire for national self-assertion. 驱动他们的一方面是对民主的期待,另一方面是对民族自立的渴望。 2 “ The desire to keep on making something better and better is terrific, of course,” he adds. 他说:“完美主义者希望把每件事都做得更好,这当然是好事。 3 But through a desire to sit down too soon, one may arrest the very March of the human race. 但是,由于过早地要求坐下,人们甚至要停止人类前进的步伐。