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thirst for sth
这是最常用的结构，表示对某事物的强烈渴望。
She thirsts for knowledge and never stops learning.
她渴望知识，从未停止学习。
口渴；感到口渴
thirsted — past of thirst
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
口渴；感到口渴
to be thirsty
She thirsts for knowledge and never stops learning.
她渴望知识，从未停止学习。
口渴；感到口渴。
To be thirsty.
强烈渴望。
To desire vehemently.
thirst
Base
原形
thirsts
3rd person
第三人称单数
thirsting
-ing
现在分词
thirsted
Past
过去式
thirsted
Past participle
过去分词
He thirsts for knowledge.
他渴望知识。
She thirsted after adventure.
她渴望冒险。
They are thirsting for justice.
他们渴求正义。
规则变化动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
After months of dieting, she thirsts for a huge slice of chocolate cake.
节食几个月后，她非常渴望吃一大块巧克力蛋糕。
The team thirsted for a victory after losing three games in a row.
球队在连续输掉三场比赛后，极其渴望一场胜利。
She is thirsting for a chance to study abroad.
她正渴望得到一个出国留学的机会。
这是最常用的结构，表示对某事物的强烈渴望。
She thirsts for knowledge and never stops learning.
她渴望知识，从未停止学习。
后接不定式，表示渴望做某事。
He thirsted to prove himself in the competition.
他渴望在比赛中证明自己。
Not this
He thirsts knowledge.
Use this
He thirsts for knowledge.
动词thirst是不及物动词，后接介词for表示‘渴望’。中文学习者常受‘渴望’一词可接宾语的影响而省略for。
Not this
I am thirst for water.
Use this
I thirst for water.
thirst是动词，不能与be动词连用。表示‘口渴’应用形容词thirsty，但此处要表达‘渴望’应该直接使用动词thirst。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
对知识的渴望
She thirsts for knowledge and reads constantly.
她渴望知识，不停地阅读。
对权力的渴望
The ambitious minister thirsted for power.
这位雄心勃勃的大臣渴望权力。
渴望复仇
He thirsted for revenge after the betrayal.
被背叛后，他渴望复仇。
嗜血；渴望杀戮
The furious crowd thirsted for blood.
愤怒的人群渴望看到流血。
解渴；满足渴望
The book quenched my thirst for adventure.
这本书满足了我对冒险的渴望。
求知欲；对知识的渴求
Her thirst for knowledge led her to study many subjects.
她的求知欲促使她学习了许多学科。
对权力的渴望；权力欲
His thirst for power eventually destroyed him.
他对权力的渴望最终毁了他。
我渴了。（约翰福音19:28）
Jesus' final words from the cross in the Gospel of John, fulfilling Scripture.
这是《约翰福音》中耶稣在十字架上说的最后一句话，为要应验经文。
饥渴慕义的人有福了，因为他们必得饱足。（马太福音5:6）
One of the Beatitudes from Jesus' Sermon on the Mount, praising those who long for justice.
这是耶稣登山宝训中的八福之一，称赞那些切慕公义的人。
Use thirsted naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记住thirst像“渴死”的谐音：喉咙干到快渴死，就是口渴；渴到极点，也会强烈渴望某物。
语域：formal 常见场景：文学作品、正式书面语或演讲 动词 thirst 通常不用于日常口语。表示“口渴”多出现在文学或旧式叙事中，日常更常说 be thirsty；表示“强烈渴望”则多用于正式书面语，常与 for 或 after 连用，如 thirst for knowledge。
真正与 thirst /θɜːrst/ 押韵（美式读音）的有 first /fɜːrst/、burst /bɜːrst/、worst /wɜːrst/、versed /vɜːrst/，它们都以 /ɜːrst/ 结尾；注意拼写相似的 third /θɜːrd/ 和 thirty /ˈθɜːrti/ 虽然以 thir- 开头，但分别以 /d/ 和 /ti/ 结尾，与 thirst 不押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.