craving

英 [ˈkreɪvɪŋ]

美 [ˈkreɪvɪŋ]

n.  强烈的愿望; 渴望; 热望
v.  渴望; 热望; 恳求; 请求
crave的现在分词

复数：cravings　现在分词：craving　

GRE医学

BNC.15783 / COCA.12347

牛津词典

noun

• 强烈的愿望；渴望；热望
  a strong desire for sth
  1. a craving for chocolate
     非常想吃巧克力
  2. a desperate craving to be loved
     对爱的极度渴望

柯林斯词典

• VERB 渴望;热望
  If youcravesomething, you want to have it very much.
  1. There may be certain times of day when smokers crave their cigarette...
     吸烟者可能会在一天中的某些时刻特别想吸烟。
  2. You may be craving for some fresh air.
     你可能很想呼吸呼吸新鲜空气。

英英释义

noun

• an intense desire for some particular thing

双语例句

• I'm craving for spending my life with you.
  嗯我愿与你共度一生。
• I was craving for a glass of water.
  我很想喝一杯水。
• The freedom which you are all craving is near.
  你们都渴望已久自由已经临近了。
• To have a persistent, restless craving.
  我们度过了很不安宁的一夜。
• Instead, itching and scratching engage brain areas involved not only in sensation, but also in mental processes that help explain why we love to scratch: motivation and reward, pleasure, craving and even addiction.
  与人们的期望相反，瘙痒和挠痒不仅与脑部感觉区有关，还涉及了某些心理过程，譬如：动机和奖赏、愉悦、渴求乃至成瘾等，这就从一定程度上解释了人们喜欢挠痒的原因。
• The combination of stress hormones and too little glycogen in the liver makes us develop a craving for sugar.
  而应激激素与过少肝糖原的组合，会使我们产生对糖的渴望。
• His headache and fatigue not only subsided, but, what is more, his craving for alcohol disappeared.
  不但他的头疼和疲劳减累轻了，而且他嗜酒的毛病也消失了。
• You have seen with your own eyes how my mother was filled with craving and vanity.
  你亲眼见到了我的母亲充满了欲望和空虚。
• That's why I've been craving caffeine all day.
  那就是我为什么整天需要咖啡因的原因。
• It is suggested that clozapine may be effective in the treatment of craving for heroin in heroin dependence.
  氯氮平对海洛因依赖患者的心理渴求可能具有较好的疗效。