關於Desire的意思和用法的提問

A: A desire that can't be satisfied / pleased

A: Strongly want. It can be strongly wanting to do or have something.

For example -> “I have a desire to travel the world one day” is a stronger way of saying “I want to travel the world one day”

A: I think what he means is that tragedies, comedies and pastorals are a list of three of the most important genres of literature and he has moved on to a pastoral work on this list, after producing tragedies and comedies.

A: It means you have desires/dreams for something that is uncertain.

A: To have an extreme urge to do something. For example, you watched a video with puppies. Now you feel a pressing desire to hug puppies. :)

A: I desire to be rich.
I desire to have nice things.
I desire to be happy.
I desire you.
I desire to be loved.
I desire to travel.

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A: @Cosima-: I have a desire to win the basketball game.

He had a desire to get first place.

She had a desire to finish her painting before the end of summer.

Desire can mean a strong feeling of wanting something or wishing for something to happen.

Desire can be simplified to wishing for something and wanting it badly.

A: want is the verb and desire is the noun.

I want a new TV.
His desire of getting better.

A: to crave for, to desire, to long for, are the verbs. a longing, a craving, a desire, are nouns

A: The first one indicates a passion for doing soemething constantly; normally you’d say ‘I have a passion for’ instead of ‘I have a desire for doing’. The second one is more temporary, e.g. ‘I have a desire to win the championship’, that desire is fulfilled when you win the championship

A: They are interchangeable mostly:

- I "long" for food/I "desire" food

"long" has a more...intense? feeling behind it?? Usually when said aloud the pronunciation of the "o" is elongated. If using "long" you probably REALLY want something and have been wanting it for a long time.

"desire" is more of a general feeling - more similar to "want" actually.

However, it should be noted, neither "long" nor "desire" tend to be used in every day speech like this! It's more typical in literature :)

A: @Yukineko: These desires are a defect which means it is included with other defects.
These desires are defects means the entire defects.

A: They are the same. Your sentences would be better if you change "of" to "to" . I have a desire to visit the US and I wish to visit the US. Hope this helps.

A: Nice! That's a very cool goal :)

tiny note:
...it doesn't interfere _with_ my desire to learn English

A: Desire never runs out.

A: desires

A: "In modern society, materialism and vanity flood our lives". "Material desire" is kind of correct, but "materialism" sounds better,

A: Desire means to really want something as in "a teen who desires to travel" or "A quiet evening with you is my only desire."

A: ​‎Have you ever had a desire to write poetry?
I wrote poetry when I was thirteen, but now that I’m grown up I don't want to write poetry. Maybe prose.

A: I never really used to be interested in learning Korean, but now I have a huge desire to learn it because of my idol.

A: also "I'll gladly do it for you."

A: "Thank you for the remaining desire to meet me. I am thinking about a convenient place to meet and a way to recognise each other." You only missed 'the' otherwise perfect.

A: Very poetic!