"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
2. desire overrides = sterowanie ręczne ochoty desire overrides
  • "I think my desire to do this show overrides anything else," said Jonathan Sta.
  • As of An Acceptable Time, his desire for self-preservation in the face of serious heart disease overrides all other considerations.
  • Fortunately, though, our desire for an ethical society often overrides purely business concerns.
  • The desire of the guards to escape overrode their caution and they were getting extremely careless.
  • This desire overrode all other considerations.
  • The rationale for such an approach is that the desire to attain justice in the case overrides the need for certainty in the law.
  • As I watched, her desire for a cigarette overrode her caution.
  • The understandable desire of childless couples to have children must not override the human dignity and health of the donors being exploited.
  • He left the room before desire overrode common sense.
  • I predict that Arthur's desire to see us dead should override even his love of being the center of attention.
(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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