Word · CEFR C1 · Frequency #11225
crave
渴望；热望
have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
- 1.
To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for.
渴望；热望；迫切要求。
恳求；请求；渴望；热望；迫切要求。；渴望；热望；恳求
In use
After a long week at work, she craves a quiet weekend at home.
As a child, he craved adventure and often explored the woods behind his house.
I'm craving a hot bowl of soup on this cold day.
crave sth
crave 是及物动词，后面直接接名词或名词短语，不用介词 for。
She craves quiet and solitude after a busy week.
忙碌了一周后，她渴望安静和独处。
Verb forms
base crave · third person craves · -ing craving · past craved · past participle craved
表示强烈渴望或恳求，常用于渴望某物或寻求关注。
Common mistakes
I have a crave for chocolate.I have a craving for chocolate.
crave 是动词，不能用作 have 的宾语；应用其 -ing 形式构成的名词 craving（渴望），并搭配 have a craving for + 事物。
She craves for attention.She craves attention.
crave 是及物动词，直接接所渴望的对象，不加介词 for；介词 for 只出现在名词搭配 a craving for sth 中。
Connections
Collocations
- crave attention
- 渴望得到关注
- She craves attention from her classmates.她渴望得到同学们的关注。
- crave success
- 渴望成功
- Many young people crave success in their careers.许多年轻人都渴望在事业上取得成功。
- crave chocolate
- 特别想吃巧克力
- I always crave chocolate late at night.我总在深夜特别想吃巧克力。
- crave adventure
- 渴望冒险
- He craves adventure and travels to remote places.他渴望冒险，常去偏远的地方旅行。
- crave power
- 渴望权力
- The ambitious politician craves power above all.这位野心勃勃的政客最渴望权力。
- crave forgiveness
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想记忆：crave = c + rave（狂欢），对某物“渴望”到像内心在狂欢一样强烈。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：everyday talk about food or strong desires、formal writing about abstract yearnings 表示“渴望”时，crave 比较常见于日常谈论食物或某种强烈欲望（如 crave chocolate），也可用于较正式的文字表达对知识、关注等的渴求；若指“恳求”，则通常更正式、带有文学色彩。实际使用时可根据场合选择自然程度。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都与 crave /kreɪv/ 押韵：它们都以拼写 -ave 结尾，并且发音均为 /eɪv/。注意 carve /kɑːrv/ 拼写与 crave 相近，但元音不同（/ɑːr/），并不押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, OCTANOVE, WIKTIONARY.