thirsting

英 [ˈθɜːstɪŋ]

美 [ˈθɜːrstɪŋ]

v.  渴; 想喝水
thirst的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 渴;口渴
  Thirstis the feeling that you need to drink something.
  1. Coca is well-known for reducing hunger, thirst and fatigue...
     人们都知道可乐能消饿、止渴和解乏。
  2. Instead of tea or coffee, drink water to quench your thirst...
     渴了喝水，别喝茶或咖啡。
  3. I had such a thirst.
     我渴得难受。
• N-UNCOUNT 干渴;缺水
  Thirstis the condition of not having enough to drink.
  1. They died of thirst on the voyage.
     他们在航行途中因缺水而死亡。
• N-SING 渴望;渴求
  Athirst forsomething is a very strong desire for that thing.
  1. Children show a real thirst for learning.
     孩子们对于学习表现出真诚的渴望。
  2. ...their ever-growing thirst for cash.
     他们对于金钱越来越强烈的渴求
• VERB 渴望;渴求
  If you say that someonethirsts forsomething, you mean that they have a strong desire for it.
  1. We all thirst for the same things.
     我们都渴望得到同样的东西。

双语例句

• It is not a mouth thirsting nor an empty hand stretched forth.
  她不是焦渴的唇，也不是伸出的空空的手。
• They are cruel in their greed and their envy, their words are like hidden knives thirsting for blood.
  他们的贪心和妒忌是残忍的；他们的话，好像暗藏的刀，渴欲饮血。
• It is food for the hungry of wit and drink to those thirsting for laughter.
  它是智慧饥饿时的粮食，是讪笑干渴时的饮料。
• The three aspects above penetrate into each other and melt in whole one, striving for constructing the foothold and space that women survive, also thirsting for male awaking to move towards Androgyny, building harmonious home belonging to the whole mankind.
  这三个方面互相渗透，融为一体，为建构女性生存的立足点和争取女性生存的空间而努力，渴望男性也能觉醒，与女性一起走向双性同体，共建人类和谐美好的家园。
• His four famous tragedies: "Beyond the Horizon"," Desire under the Elms"," Strange Interlude" and "Mourning Become E1ectra" play an important role in his dramas, and their heroines expose strong psychological conflict and same thirsting for possession.
  《天边外》、《榆树下的欲望》、《奇异的插曲》和《悲悼》是奥尼尔四部著名的心理悲剧，表现出奥尼尔对人物心理世界的深邃透视和人物心理冲突产生的巨大悲剧力量。
• You have given me deeper thirsting after life.
  你们给了我对生命更深沉的渴望。
• After the tiring race, he was thirsting for a glass of cold water.
  累人的赛跑结束后，他渴望喝杯凉水。
• While money can prevent us from starving, thirsting, homelessness, and being without clothing, it cannot prolong our lives like wisdom can.
  虽然金钱可以防止我们饥饿，口渴，无家可归或衣不蔽体。但是它不能像智慧那样延长我们的生命。
• Hungering for righteousness thirsting for righteousness is as important, for every believer in Jesus Christ, as food and water.
  对基督徒来说，饥渴慕义就像食物和水一样至关重要。
• These advertisements are calculated to appeal to young men thirsting for adventure.
  这些广告意在吸引渴望历险的年轻人。