Many of the things we desire are expensive. But the truth is, the things that really satisfy us are totally free – love, laughter and working on our passions.

我们想要的很多东西都非常昂贵。但事实是，真正适合我们的东西往往都是免费的--真爱，欢笑，和工作激情。

解析：

Many of the things we desire are expensive. 我们想要的很多东西都非常昂贵。

定语从句we desire修饰the things。

desire [dɪˈzaɪə(r)]

用法：

n. (名词) 愿望;欲望;渴望;情欲;肉欲;性欲;想望的人;渴望的事物

1、desire用作名词的意思是“愿望,欲望”,可指各种愿望、欲望,包括好的和不好的; 可用作不可数名词,也可用作可数名词。desire引申还可作“渴望的人或事”解,常用于单数名词。

I hope that you may have your heart's desire.

我希望你如愿以偿。

The desire to be a mother may creep up on you unexpectedly.

你会不知不觉地产生想当母亲的渴望。

The sight of him entering a room could flood her with desire.

见到他进入房间会让她心中欲望澎湃。

He was extremely devious in his efforts to achieve his heart's desire.

他在设法得到自己的中意之物时会不择手段。

She is my heart's desire.（名词：想望的人；渴望的事物 ）

她是我的心上人。

When she agreed to marry him he felt he had achieved his heart's desire .

当她答应嫁给他时，他感到终于得到了自己的心上人。（名词：想望的人；渴望的事物 ）


2、desire后可接动词不定式、“of+ v -ing”；“for+ n. ”作定语,或虚拟的that从句修饰。

She confessed to her parents her desire to act.

她向父母坦言了自己想演戏的愿望。

I had a strong desire to help and care for people.

我非常渴望能够帮助和照顾他人。

He has expressed a desire to see you.

他表示想见见你。

I have no desire to discuss the matter further.

我不想再谈此事。


Failure only intensified my desire to succeed.

失败反而使我增强了获得成功的欲望。


I have a desire of making money.

我想要挣钱。


试比较：

她有一个强烈的愿望,即到乡下去看一看。

误 She has a strong desire going to the country for a visit.

误 She has a strong desire for going to the country for a visit.

正 She has a strong desire to go to the country for a visit.

正 She has a strong desire of going to the country for a visit.

注意：名词desire如需用非谓语动词作定语,须用动词不定式或“of+ v -ing”,不可用“ v -ing”或“for+ v -ing”。

Everything she does is motivated only by a desire for money.

她所做的一切都是为了钱。

She felt a surge of love and desire for him.

她对他骤生爱意，欲火攻心。

They seem to have lost their desire for life.

他们似乎已丧失了对生活的热望。


She felt an overwhelming desire to return home.

她感到想回家的愿望难以遏制。


The two leaders spoke of their desire for improved relations.

两位领袖谈到了他们改善关系的愿望。

My desire for knowledge prompted me to buy the encyclopedia.

求知欲使我买了这本百科全书。

They expressed their desires that the papers should be made public.

他们表示很希望这些文件能公之于世。

a strong desire for power

强烈的权力欲

desire作名词时后一般接不定式，也有接of或for和动名词，如a desire to go，a desire of/or going。前者比后者普遍；

desire for sth. 对某事的欲望

a desire for knowledge 对知识的渴望


3.表示“为了……的请求”时，常在desire前搭配at或by。

Mr Morgan called on Mr Marley at/by Mr Franklin's desire.

摩根先生为了富兰克林先生的请求给马利先生打了电话。

All human activity is prompted by desire.

所有人的行为都被欲望驱动着。


desire, craving, lust辨析

这三个词均可表示“欲望”。其区别是：

desire可指各种欲望,包括好的和不好的; craving表示强烈的欲望,尤指被认为是不好的欲望,如:a craving for cigarettes抽烟的强烈欲望; lust语气很强,通常用作贬义词,如:the lust for power权欲。


v. (动词) 渴望;期望;想望;被(某人)吸引;对(某人)产生性欲

1、desire的基本意思是“想要,期望”,指“人强烈地希望、愿意或决心做某事或获得某物”,有尽力争取的意味,是及物动词,可接名词、代词、动词不定式或虚拟的that从句作宾语。

We all desire health and happiness.

我们都渴望健康和幸福。

The people desire peace, security and happiness.

人民向往和平、安全、幸福。

We all desire happiness and health.

我们都想得到幸福和健康。

We all desire your early reply.

我们都希望你尽早答复。

Men who desire success must be prepared to work.

凡是想取得成功的人都得准备工作。

He still desired her.

他依然对她有欲望。

It never occurred to him that she might not desire him.

他从没有想过她可能不想跟他上床。

He still desired her, and she did.

他仍能使她动情，她对他也是如此。

She had remarried and desired a child with her new husband

她又结婚了，并且渴望和新任丈夫生个小孩。

She had never desired to do anything like it.

她从不渴望做那样的事情。

They greatly desired to come to China.

他们非常想到中国来。

I desire to make his acquaintance.

我很想认识他。

I desire to see your brother.

我想见你哥。

2、desire后接表示物的名词作宾语时,后面可接被动词不定式(主动式或被动式)或过去分词作宾语补足语。

I desire the package insured.

我希望这个邮包上保险。

She desires everything finished by twelve.

她希望事情到12点时做完。

Please desire Mr. Li to come in.请李先生进来。

She desired him to wait.

她请求他等一下。

What do you desire me to do?你希望我怎么办?

They desired him to go there at once.

他们希望他马上到那儿去。

3、desire是表示愿望的动词,通常不用于进行体。

4、desire作动词时，后只可接不定式，不可接动名词。

Fewer people desire to live in the north of the country.

想住在这个国家北方的人就更少了。

She had never desired to do anything like it.

她从不渴望做那样的事情。

They greatly desired to come to China.

他们非常想到中国来。

I desire to make his acquaintance.

我很想认识他。

I desire to see your brother.

我想见你哥。

But Fred was bored and desired to go home

但弗雷德觉得很无聊，想要回家。

He desired to return to Mexico. 他渴望回墨西哥去。

5、desire作动词且后面接表示人的词和不定式时，指“请求”，有时有“愿望，期望”的意思。但desire在表示“请求”时，比ask或request来的正式。

desire to do sth 想要做某事

desire sb to do sth 想要某人做某事。

I desire you to go at once.

我请求你现在马上就走。

I desire you to succeed.

我希望你能成功。

6、desire后接that从句时，从句要用虚拟现在时。

I desire that he should call on me on Monday morning.

我要求他周一早晨给我打电话。

I desire that you shall be there.

我渴望你能在那儿。

She desires that it shall not be mentioned for the present.

她希望暂且不要再提及此事了。

He desires that we shall go there with him tomorrow.

他希望明天我们和他一起到那儿去。

The president desired that you (should) visit him next week.

总统希望你下星期去拜访他。

Itis/was～ed+that-clause

It is desired that this rule shall be brought to the attention of the staff.

请把这条规定提请办事人员注意。

desire, hope, want, wish，expect和long区别

这组词都含有“想”“希望”的意思。其区别是：

（1）desire和hope多指可以达到的事; wish通常用于难以实现或达到的事, wish也可表示祈愿。

（2）desire, wish和hope后均可接从句或不定式作宾语; wish和desire后接that从句一般用虚拟语气; desire和wish后可接复合宾语; hope用作不及物动词时常接of, for引起的短语。

（3）desire在语气上比wish更强烈,更庄重,且很少用于口语。

（4）expect通常指有很大程度的把握，但仍含有预料之意，或预计某事或某行动的发生。 want一般指所想要的东西是切望得到的东西，能弥补实际需要。

（5）long语气强，指极殷切地盼望着，这种盼望侧重于很难或不可能得到的东西。有时也指一般愿望，但含一定感情色彩。

二、But the truth is, the things that really satisfy us are totally free – love, laughter and working on our passions.

但事实是，真正适合我们的东西往往都是免费的--真爱，欢笑，和工作激情。

passion [ˈpæʃn] n.

强烈情感;激情;盛怒;激愤;强烈的爱(尤指两性间的)

Passion kept us together.

激情使我们在一起。

He has developed a consuming passion for chess. （注意，后接for表示内容）

他对下棋产生了极为浓厚的兴趣。

They consummated their passion only after many hesitations and delays.

他们几经踌躇和拖延后才尽情宣泄了激情。

A passion for cooking does not necessarily have to be bad for your waistline.

热衷于做菜并不一定会导致腰围增粗。（注意，后接for表示内容）


He has a passion for gambling. （注意，后接for表示内容）

他非常爱赌博。

That girl stamps her foot when she is in a passion.

那女孩一发脾气就跺脚。

The passion of Argentinian football fans knows no bounds.

阿根廷足球迷极为热情。（注意，后接of ，表示所有关系）


He spoke with great passion.

他发表了热情洋溢的讲话。

Her childhood passion for collecting has not dimmed, but now she is morediscerning.

她孩提时培养起的对收藏的痴迷丝毫未减，现在只是变得更有眼力了。（注意，后接for表示内容）


He's a man of violent passions.

他是个性情暴烈的人。

a crime of passion

因情欲妒忌而造成的犯罪

She argued her case with considerable passion.

她相当激动地为自己的主张提出论据。

Passions were running high at the meeting.

会上群情沸腾。

She flies into a passion if anyone even mentions his name.

哪怕是有人提到他的名字，她也会勃然大怒。

She ceased to think, as anger transmuted into passion

当怒火转化为激情，她停止了思考。

His love had been woven of sentiment rather than passion.

他的爱是以情感而不是以情欲为其经纬的。

Her desire was closer to passion than love.

她的欲望更近似于激情，而非爱情。

He returned to Britain so that he could indulge his passion for football

他重返英国，为的是可以尽情释放自己对足球的激情。

Forty eight years of marriage have not dimmed the passion between Bill and Helen.

48年的婚姻生活并没消磨掉比尔和海伦之间的激情。

The poet expressed his burning passion for the girl he loved. （注意，后接for表示内容）

诗人表达了他对心仪的姑娘火一般的爱恋之情。

His passion for her made him blind to everything else.

他钟情于她，达到了不顾一切的地步。（注意，后接for表示内容）


The English have a passion for gardens.

英国人酷爱花园。（注意，后接for表示内容）


my passion for a dark-haired, slender boy named James.

我对一个名叫詹姆斯的黑头发高挑个儿男孩的热恋（注意，后接for表示内容）


Her passion for me has cooled down.

她对我的热情已经冷下来了。（注意，后接for表示内容）


My friend has a passion for British literature.

我的朋友酷爱英国文学。（注意，后接for表示内容）


She had a passion for gardening.

她酷爱园艺。（注意，后接for表示内容）


While his interest in these sports began to wane, a passion for rugby developed.

他对这些运动项目的兴趣开始减退，倒是对橄榄球开始有了热情。（注意，后接for表示内容）


Music is a passion with him.

他对音乐情有独钟。（注意，后接with ，表示所有关系）