crave

crave
verb
  1. [with obj.]feel a powerful desire for (something)
    渴望;热望
    if only she had shown her daughter the love she craved.
    要是她向女儿表示过她所渴望的爱就好了。
    [no obj.]Will craved for family life.
    威尔渴望家庭生活。
    ■(dated)ask for (something)
    (旧)恳求;请求
    I must crave your indulgence.
    我必须祈求你原谅。
派生
craver
noun
语源
  1. Old English crafian (in the sense 'demand, claim as a right'), of Germanic origin; related to Swedish kräva, Danish kræve 'demand'. The current sense dates from late Middle English
英语宝典
考试词汇表