词汇 | craved |
释义 | craved past simple and past participle ofcrave crave verb[ T ] uk /kreɪv/ us /kreɪv/ C2 to have a very strong feeling of wanting something: 渴望,热望;难以抑制的渴求 Many young children crave attention.许多小孩子渴望得到关注。 Wanting things ache for something acquisitive ambitious ambitiously angle for something desperate expense have your eye on somethingidiom hunger hunger after/for something hungrily impulse pine seeker set your heart on something/doing somethingidiom set your sights on somethingidiom shook shopping list sight someone's heart's desireidiom Examples of cravedcraved In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. But there were many interested aficionados unable to attend meetings who craved all the additional information they could gather. What they detested above all was plutocracy, and they craved a world wherein industrialism and speculation were subordinate to vaguely-defined spiritual values. In fact, quite the opposite was occurring: people craved information about the war. Throughout history, only a small minority has craved independence and aspired to truth. Not surprisingly, as much as landowners craved the stability promoted by the agricultural laws, they frequently tried to circumvent the system. The individualists (some might say, the egotists) in us craved a new image. According to our interviews and conversations with them, many craved the opportunity to be socially engaged. But like the founders of the constitutional period, he craved political and economic stability through a consolidating process that rebuked earlier arguments for keeping federal authority decentralized. Welk insisted on maintaining total control and not allowing her the artistic freedom that she craved. Disabled people craved independence then, and they still crave it now. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That gave those organisations the legitimacy which they so ardently craved. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The prisoners we talked to said that they craved some fresh air after being held for three weeks in those cramped conditions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Either proposal would be bad for the stability craved by the armed forces at the present time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Hydro-electricity might be craved in aid, in order to bring new industries to the district. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Secondly, support for bereaved or affected families is a political matter, not a clinical matter—will he undertake to provide the additional support craved by those affected? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
随便看 |
|
反思网英语在线翻译词典收录了377474条英语词汇在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的中英文双语翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。