Word · CEFR C1 · Frequency #8796
lust
/lʌst/
verb
色眯眯地盯着；用炽热的情欲注视
核心释义
To look at or watch with strong desire, especially sexual desire.
- 1.
以强烈欲望(尤指性欲)注视
To look at or watch with a strong desire, especially of a sexual nature.
- 2.
渴望、欲望或强烈的需求
have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
渴望；贪求；热望；以强烈欲望(尤指性欲)注视；渴望、欲望或强烈的需求；贪求；渴望
用法In use
He spent the whole afternoon lusting after the vintage motorcycle in the shop window.
用法提示：lusting after 是动词 lust 的现在分词，表示带着强烈欲望注视或渴望。
She lusted for a quiet weekend away from the noisy city.
用法提示：lusted for 是动词 lust 的过去式，表示强烈渴望、渴求。
In the story, the greedy king lusts after gold and ignores his people.
用法提示：lusts after 是动词 lust 的第三人称单数形式，表示贪婪地渴求、觊觎。
lust after sb/sth
常指对某人怀有强烈的性欲，也可指对权力、金钱等的渴望。
He lusted after his best friend's wife.
他垂涎最好朋友的妻子。
lust for sth
多用于对权力、金钱等抽象事物的强烈欲望。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- lust after someone
- 对某人心生强烈的（性）欲望
- He had lusted after her since college.他从大学起就一直对她心怀欲念。
- lust for power
- 贪求权力；对权力的渴求
- The general lusted for power and betrayed his own allies.那位将军贪求权力，背叛了自己的盟友。
- lust over someone
- 对某人垂涎不已（较口语）
- Fans were lusting over the actor in every scene.影迷们对片中每一幕里的那位男演员都垂涎不已。
- lust after wealth
- 贪求财富
- He spent his whole life lusting after wealth and status.他一生都在贪求财富与地位。
- lust for revenge
学习提示Learner notes
语法说明Grammar Note
作动词时多含贬义，指强烈的（常为性的）渴望；后接 after/for 引出渴望的对象。
用法优先级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。
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