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lust after

/luhst/US // lʌst //UK // (lʌst) //

觊觎,觊觎着,贪恋,贪图

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : intense sexual desire or appetite.
    • : uncontrolled or illicit sexual desire or appetite; lecherousness.
    • : a passionate or overmastering desire or craving: a lust for power.
    • : ardent enthusiasm; zest; relish: an enviable lust for life.
    • : Obsolete. pleasure or delight.desire; inclination; wish.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to have intense sexual desire.
    • : to have a yearning or desire; have a strong or excessive craving.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as indesire

Examples

  • Few phenomena in the electronics world spark the same kind of gear lust evoked by big, cheap HDTVs.

  • The lust over its glimmer, durability and scarcity has long enchanted a humanity that’s begged, borrowed and stolen to get its hands on this malleable metal.

  • To glimpse old photos of Jane and Serge is to enter a sophisticated netherworld that no longer exists, a glamorous fog of early-morning excess and possessed lust.

  • Militant blood lust, commando cosplay, bright-eyed tourism and family bonding, all wrapped up together in what they decided was a fine way to spend a Wednesday afternoon.

  • Now Hamilton warned that Burr had no principles at all — just a simple lust for power.

  • Ironic, since it was originally meant to suppress sugar lust.

  • But I say onto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

  • She wasn't motivated by a lust for fame; she simply wanted to control the conversation.

  • This essay, “Redneck Lust,” first appeared in the December 1995 issue of GQ and appears here with the author's permission.

  • The 2014 roster is even more pathetic: About Last Night, Lust for Love, And So It Goes, Sex Tape.

  • However, their lust for glory brought them together again, and Marmont sailed with the Egyptian expedition.

  • He had lost his lust for fighting, and was soon recalled for not showing sufficient energy.

  • And she was mad with lust after lying with them whose flesh is as the flesh of asses: and whose issue as the issue of horses.

  • Some of the sea-ruffians carried their cruelty to insane extremes, for the lust of blood seemed to grow upon them.

  • Gower relates how Diogenes reproved Alexander for his lust of conquest; Conf.