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出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 辽宁人民出版社《英汉辞典》第338页（680字）

【释义】：

n．①愿望，欲望：the desire for knowledge获得知识的愿望．I have a strong desire to join the People’s Liberation Army．我有参加人民解放军的强烈愿望．②要求，请求：at sb．’s desire 照某人的要求．③想得到的东西．

－vt．①愿望，希望，想要：That boy desires a new pictorial story book．那孩子想要一本新的小人书．The educated youth desired to go to the border regions．知识青年希望到边疆地区去．This method leaves much to be desire d．这种办法还有许多地方需要改进．②要求，请求：We desire that the army representative(should)give us a report on current affairs．我们要求军代表给我们做形势报告．The students desire the new English-Chinese dictionary to be published as soon as possible·同学们都要求这本新的英汉字典尽快出版．He did as he was desired to do．他按要求做了．desire sth．of sb．向某人要求…．