lust

英 [lʌst]

美 [lʌst]

n.  强烈的性欲; 色欲; 淫欲; 强烈欲望; 享受欲
v.  贪求，渴望

复数：lusts　现在分词：lusting　过去式：lusted　过去分词：lusted　第三人称单数：lusts　

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Collins.1 / BNC.8796 / COCA.7684

短语动词

短语用例

lust after/for sb/sth

• 对…有极强的欲望（尤指性欲）
  to feel an extremely strong, especially sexual, desire for sb/sth
  1. Their affair was driven by pure lust.
     他们私通纯粹是受淫欲的驱使。

牛津词典

noun

• 强烈的性欲；色欲；淫欲
  very strong sexual desire, especially when love is not involved
  1. Their affair was driven by pure lust.
     他们私通纯粹是受淫欲的驱使。
• 强烈欲望；享受欲
  very strong desire for sth or enjoyment of sth
  1. to satisfy his lust for power
     满足他对权力的强烈欲望
  2. She has a real lust for life (= she really enjoys life) .
     她真懂得享受生活。

verb

verb

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT （强烈的）肉欲，淫欲，色欲
  Lustis a feeling of strong sexual desire for someone.
  1. His relationship with Angie was the first which combined lust with friendship...
     他和安吉的关系属第一种，即肉欲加友谊。
  2. His lust for her grew until it was overpowering.
     他企图在肉体上占有她的欲望变得一发不可收拾。
• N-UNCOUNT （强烈的）欲望，渴望
  Alustfor something is a very strong and eager desire to have it.
  1. It was Fred's lust for glitz and glamour that was driving them apart.
     是弗雷德对浮华、奢靡生活的强烈欲望使他们越走越远。

英英释义

noun

• self-indulgent sexual desire (personified as one of the deadly sins)
  Synonym:luxuria
• a strong sexual desire
  Synonym:lecherousnesslustfulness

verb

• have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
  Synonym:cravehungerthirststarve

双语例句

• It was Fred's lust for glitz and glamour that was driving them apart.
  是弗雷德对浮华、奢靡生活的强烈欲望使他们越走越远。
• She happened to have lust finished reading the book.
  碰巧她刚读完那本书。
• In the world of mad men, judgment was warped by lust and alcohol.
  在《广告狂人》的世界里，欲望和酒精扭曲了人们的判断。
• Anyone who is driven by ambition and the lust for power simply cannot be good.
  任何一个被野心和权利欲望驱使的人都不会好到哪去。
• His speech had lust the right blend of seriousness and humor.
  他的讲演是恰到好处的严肃和幽默的结合。
• He set up two raging tyrants in opposition to Reason's solitary power: anger and lust.
  他创造了与理智的孤独力量相对立的两个邪恶势力：愤怒和贪婪。
• "He was pampering the poor girls's lust for singularity and self-glorification"( Charles Kingsley).
  “出于怪癖和自命不凡，他纵容着这个可怜的女孩的贪欲”（查尔斯·金斯利）。
• A chaotic evil character does whatever his greed, hatred, and lust for destruction drive him to do.
  无序邪恶的人做任何他的欲望、恨意和破坏欲所驱使他做的事。
• At this stage it was easy to confuse lust and love, I think.
  我觉得人在那段时期很容易搞混欲望和爱情。
• She's lust the opposite to me.
  她正是我的对立面。