"desire" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

desire sustantivo

sustantivo + desire
Kolokacji: 3
heart desire • Streetcar Desire • consumer desire
desire + verbo
Kolokacji: 42
desire leads • desire makes • desire comes • desire grows • desire causes • ...
(3) overcome, overwhelm, trump
Kolokacji: 3
(4) seem, begin, remain, keep
Kolokacji: 4
(5) see, know, burn
Kolokacji: 3
(6) outweigh, override
Kolokacji: 2
1. desire outweighs = ochota przeważa desire outweighs
  • I said that his desires outweighed his vision, and that was probably overgenerous of me.
  • But I let my desires outweigh my judgment.
  • In the midst of the great Florida land boom, the desire to make quick profits outweighed any lofty notion of city building.
  • The desire to live my life without the torture of the cruel teasing along with my unsettling physical appearance outweighed any negative possibilities.
  • And lenders continue to concoct new products for those whose desire simply to afford a home far outweighs their longer-term concerns about building an equity investment.
  • I thought that her desire for marriage in the abstract would outweigh the disadvantages of the concrete.
  • What they did not count on was that in Chile, like most developing countries eager to attract foreign investment, the desire for growth outweighed environmental concerns.
  • But in all ambitious men and women the desire for other things outweighs the leisure-urge.
  • For a night when my desires would outweigh me responsibility.
  • For the short term, however, his desire to manipulate the police outweighs his bloodlust.
2. desire overrides = sterowanie ręczne ochoty desire overrides
(7) stem, mean, express
Kolokacji: 3
(8) fade, manifest
Kolokacji: 2
verbo + desire
Kolokacji: 68
name Desire • reflect one's desire • satisfy one's desire • understand one's desire • express a desire • state one's desire • ...
adjetivo + desire
Kolokacji: 168
strong desire • sexual desire • great desire • human desire • overwhelming desire • intense desire • real desire • personal desire • ...
preposición + desire
Kolokacji: 23
of desire • to one's desire • in one's desire • for one's desire • about one's desire • ...

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