Desire

Definition

desire /dÇ'zaÇǝ(r)/ n ၁။ [U, C] ~ (for sth/to do sth) လိုအင္။ ဆႏၵ။ ေတာင့္တမႈ။ အလို။ အာသီသ။ အာသာ။ They had little desire for wealth/to become wealthy. ❍ enough money to satisfy all your desires ❍ He expressed a desire to see his sons again. ❍ She experienced a sudden/intense/overwhelming desire to return home. ၂။ [U, C] ~ (for sth/ to do sth) တပ္မက္မႈ။ ရမၼက္။ my desire for her/to make love with her ❍ passionate/burning desires. ၃။ [C usu sing ] လိုအင္ဆႏၵ။ ဆုေတာင္း။ ေတာင္းဆု။ When she agreed to marry him he felt he had achieved his heart's desire. v (not used in the continuous tenses) ၁။ ( rather fml ) လိုခ်င္သည္။ ေတာင့္တသည္။ ဆႏၵရိွသည္။ We all desire happiness and health. ❍ I've been taking the medicine regularly but it doesn't seem to be having the desired effect. ❍ In those days women desired only to please their husbands. ၂။ ကာမရာဂစိတ္ျဖင့္ တပ္မက္သည္၊ စြဲလမ္း သည္။ He still desired her, and she him. ❏ leave a lot, much, something, etc to be de'sired [ IDM ] အာသာငမ္းငမ္းျဖစ္သည္။ မတင္းတိမ္ႏိုင္။

Examples

1. Ordinary human needs and desires
2. [a desire to do something] : His desire to join the army
3. [desire for] : Their desire for peace and stability in Europe
4. [have no desire for something/to do something] : Young people have no desire to work for the government.
5. [desire that] : The leaders’ desire that neither country should lose any territory