"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 • ...
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 • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 48
(2) sexual, erotic, romantic
Kolokacji: 3
(8) sudden, immediate, express
Kolokacji: 3
(9) natural, instinctive
Kolokacji: 2
(10) secret, dark, hidden, unspoken
Kolokacji: 4
(11) insatiable, unquenchable
Kolokacji: 2
(12) simple, mere
Kolokacji: 2
(19) only, sole
Kolokacji: 2
(22) selfish, vain, altruistic
Kolokacji: 3
(23) apparent, obvious, evident
Kolokacji: 3
(24) female, male, feminine
Kolokacji: 3
(25) unconscious, conscious
Kolokacji: 2
(26) obsessive, compulsive
Kolokacji: 2
(28) slight, low
Kolokacji: 2
(29) innate, inborn
Kolokacji: 2
(30) irresistible, overpowering
Kolokacji: 2
(31) irrational, insane, unnatural
Kolokacji: 3
(32) unfulfilled, frustrated
Kolokacji: 2
(33) uncontrollable, perverse
Kolokacji: 2
(34) mad, frantic, feverish, sick
Kolokacji: 4
1. constant desire = stała ochota constant desire
2. persistent desire = ciągła ochota persistent desire
  • I think the current teaching is that having persistent homosexual desires is disordered, it's an effect of original sin.
  • The reason for this persistent desire to credit the early advances of mankind to superior beings -angels, demigods, or extraterreatrials-is simple.
  • Is there anything more outdated than the persistent desire to shock from a sclerotic avant-garde movement which can barely stagger without a Zimmer frame.
  • But all during these years I had a vague but persistent desire to return to New Orleans.
  • Having given birth within the previous year is associated with persistent low sexual desire.
  • What compounded his confusion was a new admission that, in spite of Julia, he did have a certain persistent desire to see Hannah Dora again.
  • They are already ridiculing Mr. Bush's persistent desire to cut the tax on capital gains because it would hand over billions to wealthy families.
  • And you may have such a persistent desire that you'll spend abnormal amounts of time involved in activities necessary to fulfil cravings, or recover from its effects.
  • Despite the adoption of floating exchange rates, within many European countries there has been a persistent desire to maintain some degree of exchange rate stability.
  • Would you say that you've had a persistent or strong desire to take cannabis?
3. long-standing desire = długoletnia ochota long-standing desire
4. relentless desire = niepohamowana ochota relentless desire
5. endless desire = niekończąca się ochota endless desire
(36) worldly, earthly
Kolokacji: 2
(37) vague, palpable, faint
Kolokacji: 3
(38) lifelong, longstanding
Kolokacji: 2
(39) unsatisfied, latent, restless
Kolokacji: 3
(40) clear, pure, sheer
Kolokacji: 3
(42) new, primitive, raw, popular
Kolokacji: 4
(43) similar, same-sex
Kolokacji: 2
(45) inner, inherent, intrinsic
Kolokacji: 3
(46) deep-seated, legitimate
Kolokacji: 2
(47) noble, laudable
Kolokacji: 2
(48) contradictory, conflicting
Kolokacji: 2
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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