desire[英][dɪˈzaɪə(r)][美][ dɪˈzaɪr]vt.渴望; 希望; 要求; 請求;n.慾望; 願望; 希望; 請求;vi.願望; 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.驅動他們的一方面是對民主的期待，另一方面是對民族自立的渴望。2 “ The desire to keep on making something better and better is terrific, of course,” he adds.他說：“完美主義者希望把每件事都做得更好，這當然是好事。3 But through a desire to sit down too soon, one may arrest the very March of the human race.但是，由於過早地要求坐下，人們甚至要停止人類前進的步伐。