appetite,belly,orexia,orexis,relish ;
[例句] 莉莉显然已经恢复了食欲,但多兰却提不起胃口。 Lili had clearly regained her appetite but Doran was disinterested in food.
[例句] 与通常的看法相反,适度的运动事实上会降低食欲。 Contrary to popular belief, moderate exercise actually decreases your appetite.
sexuality,sexual appetite,sexual desire,erotism,libido ;
desire,wish,lust,appetency,appetite;
[例句] 詹姆斯·福克斯以《欲望城》一书最为出名. James Fox is best known as the author of White Mischief.
[例句] 他企图在肉体上占有她的欲望变得一发不可收拾。 His lust for her grew until it was overpowering.
fleshliness,acolasia,give way to one's carnal desires,indulge in sensual pleasures,lech ;
[例句] 他沉浸在自己的过度纵欲中。 He was indulging his own sexual proclivities.
[例句] 他在性问题上主张克制,反对纵欲。 He has a puritanical attitude towards sex.
intend to,mean,plan,purpose,conation ;
[例句] 英格兰意欲在下月的世界青年锦标赛中推出他们的最强阵容。 England intend fielding their strongest team in next month's World Youth Championship.
[例句] 杀红了眼的暴徒们意欲占领这座城市。 The mobs became driven by a crazed blood-lust to take the city.
continence,abstinence,temperance ;
[例句] 节欲是最好的药品. Temperance is the best physic.
[例句] 这段婚姻维持了四年 —— 一段痛苦的节欲的考验. The engagement lasted four years, an ordeal of abstinence.
suppress sensual passion,abstinency,mortification,[电影]Elegy;
[例句] 教皇昨天直言全世界的神父都应该禁欲。 The Pope bluntly told the world's priests yesterday to stay celibate.
[例句] 甘地体现了克己、禁欲和自我约束的美德。 Gandhi exemplified the virtues of renunciation, asceticism and restraint.
carnal desire,flesh,fleshliness ;
[例句] 他耽于肉欲,而且让人捉摸不透。 He was darkly sensual and mysterious.
[例句] 如果肉欲是你们在一起的唯一理由,这种关系是不会持久的。 If lust is all there is to hold you together, the relationship will never work.
greed,greediness,lust,rapacity ;
[例句] 凡此种种都和权力与贪欲有关。 A lot of this has to do with power and greed.
[例句] 这种期待是违反理性的, 可以正确地称呼它为欲望或贪欲. Such a longing is contrary to reason, and it may rightly be called desire or lust.
thirst [craving] for knowledge ;
[例句] 他有很强的求知欲. He has a strong thirst for knowledge.
[例句] 在中世纪这个黑暗的年代里, 求知欲全给统治阶级扼杀了. In the benighted Middle Ages, intellectual curiosity was discouraged by the authorities.
concupiscence,letch,[医] appetence,lust ;
[例句] 仰望天空,翠色欲滴的树冠挡住了一方蓝天. Looking up at the sky the canopy drip For a party to the blue block.
[例句] 懒惰, 贪婪, 贪食, 暴怒, 色欲, 嫉妒和傲慢. The seven deadly sins of Sloth, Greed, Gluttony, Wrath, Lust, Envy and Pride.
sleepy ;
[例句] 一阵沉沉欲睡的懒意降落在人群里面. A lazy somnolence descended on the crowd.
[例句] 它唤醒了我的记忆,象一阵晚风吹破一朵欲睡的花. It awakened my memories just like a gust of wind blew a sleepy flower.
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[例句] 他们受了发财欲的引诱而被卷入可疑的交易. The desire for wealth lured them into questionable dealings.
[例句] 他描述了为有德行的所命定的那个纯洁、无邪欲的天堂. He described that pure and unsensual heaven destined to the virtuous.
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[例句] 丹尼很爱吃醋,对我的占有欲很强。 Danny could be very jealous and possessive about me.
[例句] 占有欲太强毁掉了我的每一段感情。 I've ruined every relationship with my possessiveness.
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