desire
单词辨析：
可用于褒义或贬义，常后接介词 of 或动词不定式。
He has the great ambition of running a company on his own.
他怀有自己经营公司的雄心壮志。
His ambition of getting a higher position was not achieved.
他谋取高位的野心未能得逞。
一般用复数，常含褒义，常后接介词 for 或动词不定式。
He knew nothing about their aspirations for the future.
他完全不了解他们对未来的抱负。
He has the aspiration to earn a lot of money.
他渴望赚很多钱。
一般指有强烈的目的和意图，常后接动词不定式、介词 for 以及 that 从句。
Her partners have a strong desire to win.
她的伙伴们有强烈的获胜欲望。
The teacher was deeply touched by their desire for knowledge.
他们对知识的渴望深深地打动了那位老师。
It was his desire that he should be buried in his hometown.
他希望能葬在家乡。
尤指渴望得到很难得到的事物，或做难以如愿之事，常伴有些许不安或痛苦。
She yearned for his love.
她渴望得到他的爱。
He yearned to go back to his hometown.
他渴望回到故乡。
指非常强烈、几乎无法控制地渴望某事物，有时甚至是不好的事物。
Many children crave attention.
许多孩子渴望得到关心。
Linda still craves the recognition of her peers.
琳达仍然渴望得到同龄人的认可。
He was craving cigarettes.
他很想抽烟。
强调主观愿望上热切渴望某事物，多指可以达成的事情，常含尽力争取的意味，不用进行时。
We all desire happiness and health.
我们都渴望幸福和健康。
We always desire to live in peace with our neighbours.
我们总是渴望与邻居和睦相处。
She desires to marry him.
她渴望嫁给他。
普通用词，尤指渴望看似不会很快发生的事发生，常后接介词 for 或动词不定式。
I long for the day when my dream can come true.
我渴望有一天能够梦想成真。
So this is what you've been longing for?
这就是你一直所渴求的东西？
We are longing to see you.
我们渴望见到你。
尤指渴望得到不太可能得到的事物，含苦苦思念之意。
John was pining for his homeland back in America.
约翰渴望回到美国的故乡。
She pined for the countryside.
她渴望乡间的生活。
相关例句：
It's difficult to reconcile the demands of my job and the desire to be a good father
我很难做到既兼顾工作，又达成做个好父亲的愿望。
He was extremely devious in his efforts to achieve his heart's desire.
他在设法得到自己的中意之物时会不择手段。
He had lost his desire to live.
他已失去了活下去的念头。
It is sad to see a man so corrupted by the desire for money and power.
看到一个人因为追逐金钱和权力而如此腐化真是悲哀。
Teenage sex, for instance, may come not out of genuine desire but from a need to get love.
例如，青少年的性行为可能并不是源于真正的情欲，而是出于一种对爱的需要。
Transfer this sauce to a separate saucepan, if desired.
如果愿意的话，可以把这些调味汁倒入一只单独的长柄锅里。