crave

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v. 渴望, 热望, 恳求

发音

US /kɹeɪv/

词形变化

craves 复数 craves craved craves 三单 cravest craveth craving craving 现在分词 craved 过去式 craved 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

渴望；恳求

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A formal application to a court to make a particular order.

    苏格兰 法律
v. C1
  1. 1.

    To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for.

    渴望

    热望

    及物/不及物

    to crave for peace

    to crave after wealth

    to crave drugs

  2. 2.

    To ask for earnestly; to beg or demand, as from a figure of authority.

    古体 文学 及物

    I humbly crave your indulgence to read this letter until the end.

  3. 3.

    To call for; to require as a course of action.

    废旧 及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 4

hunger lust starve thirst

上位词 5

want beg pray desire implore

词源

From Middle English craven, from Old English crafian (“to crave, ask, implore, demand, summon”), from Proto-West Germanic *krafōn, from Proto-Germanic *krafjaną (“to demand”). Cognate with Danish kræve (“to demand, require”), Swedish kräva (“to crave, demand”), Icelandic krefja (“to demand”), Norwegian kreve (“to demand”).

来源：wiktionary