lust

英 [lʌst]

美 [lʌst]

n. 强烈的性欲; 色欲; 淫欲; 强烈欲望; 享受欲
v. 贪求，渴望

复数：lusts　现在分词：lusting　过去式：lusted　过去分词：lusted　第三人称单数：lusts　

Collins.1 / BNC.8796 / COCA.7684

短语动词

lust after lust for
1. 对…充满性欲；渴望与…做爱 2. 渴望；渴求

lust after/for sb/sth

对…有极强的欲望（尤指性欲）
to feel an extremely strong, especially sexual, desire for sb/sth
1. Their affair was driven by pure lust.
  他们私通纯粹是受淫欲的驱使。

noun

强烈的性欲；色欲；淫欲
very strong sexual desire, especially when love is not involved
1. Their affair was driven by pure lust.
  他们私通纯粹是受淫欲的驱使。
强烈欲望；享受欲
very strong desire for sth or enjoyment of sth
1. to satisfy his lust for power
  满足他对权力的强烈欲望
2. She has a real lust for life (= she really enjoys life) .
  她真懂得享受生活。

verb

N-UNCOUNT （强烈的）肉欲，淫欲，色欲
Lustis a feeling of strong sexual desire for someone.
1. His relationship with Angie was the first which combined lust with friendship...
  他和安吉的关系属第一种，即肉欲加友谊。
2. His lust for her grew until it was overpowering.
  他企图在肉体上占有她的欲望变得一发不可收拾。
N-UNCOUNT （强烈的）欲望，渴望
Alustfor something is a very strong and eager desire to have it.
1. It was Fred's lust for glitz and glamour that was driving them apart.
  是弗雷德对浮华、奢靡生活的强烈欲望使他们越走越远。

noun

self-indulgent sexual desire (personified as one of the deadly sins)
Synonym:luxuria
a strong sexual desire
Synonym:lecherousnesslustfulness

verb

His speech had lust the right blend of seriousness and humor.
他的讲演是恰到好处的严肃和幽默的结合。
Toy sales peaked lust before christmas.
玩具销售额在圣诞节前夕达到最高峰。
A chaotic evil character does whatever his greed, hatred, and lust for destruction drive him to do.
无序邪恶的人做任何他的欲望、恨意和破坏欲所驱使他做的事。
All people, she said, lived their lives in bondage to hunger, pain and lust.
她说，所有人的生活都受缚于饥饿、苦痛和欲望。
The lust of men must not be overdone.
人们的欲望不该过分。
His lust for her grew until it was overpowering.
他企图在肉体上占有她的欲望变得一发不可收拾。
In the world of mad men, judgment was warped by lust and alcohol.
在《广告狂人》的世界里，欲望和酒精扭曲了人们的判断。
The course catalog invites you to "lust with the saints and burn with the sinners".
课程目录将邀你“与圣人一起放纵欲望，并和罪人一起在烈火中饱受煎熬”。
How strange that as I gained more to lose, I allowed that lust to diminish!
多么奇怪，当我得到了更多可以失去的东西时，我允许这种渴望消失了。
At this stage it was easy to confuse lust and love, I think.
我觉得人在那段时期很容易搞混欲望和爱情。